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Coastal Ecosystem Restoration
For the Expert: National Review of Innovative and Successful Coastal Habitat Restoration< Introduction | Restoration Research> Methods and ResultsMethodsLiterature reviews, Internet searches, and surveys of experts were used to gather information for this review. The literature searched was available in Current Contents, referenced in key documents, or recommended by experts. Over 550 citations, including scientific journals, books, technical reports, and conference proceedings, were entered into ProCite, a citation database. Of these, 358 citations spanned the time period from 1998 to present. This review focused on the most recent five years to provide information on the most recent innovations in coastal restoration. The Internet search was conducted by targeting Web sites known to have information on coastal habitat restoration, connecting to links found on those sites, and conducting keyword searches using various search engines. The final method of information gathering was through surveying experts in coastal habitat restoration. A preliminary list of known experts was compiled. These individuals were then contacted to gain an overview of restoration efforts in each geographic region and various habitat types. From this overview, additional contacts were made to get more specific information regarding innovative and successful approaches, techniques, projects, and programs. ResultsThe results of our review generally fall into the categories of restoration research or innovative and successful components of restoration projects. First we discuss many examples of restoration research. Second, we provide examples of projects that had innovative components for funding, partnerships, planning, monitoring, adaptive management, dissemination of information, and community involvement and education. Table 3 provides a summary of innovative coastal restoration techniques and methods. |
