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Lost food narratives can grow human health in cities
Author(s) -
Ossola Alessandro,
Egerer Monika H,
Lin Brenda B,
Rook Graham,
Setälä Heikki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
frontiers in ecology and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.918
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1540-9309
pISSN - 1540-9295
DOI - 10.1002/fee.1977
Subject(s) - narrative , biological sciences , library science , humanities , art , biology , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , literature
© The Ecological Society of America Front Ecol Environ doi:10.1002/fee.1977 Ritson-Williams R, Suzanne N, Fogarty N, et al. 2009. New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs. Smithson Contrib Mar Sci 38: 437–57. Shantz AA, Ladd MC, Schrack E, and Burkepile DE. 2015. Fishderived nutrient hotspots shape coral reef benthic communities. Ecol Appl 25: 2142–52. van Woesik R, Scott WJ, and Aronson RB. 2014. Lost opportunities: coral recruitment does not translate to reef recovery in the Florida Keys. Mar Pollut Bull 88: 110–17. spatial and temporal connectivity among populations improves (Castorani et al. 2017), so will our capacity to incorporate metapopulation connectivity into restoration planning. The ability to plan coral restoration projects with solid knowledge of connectivity for fishes and corals on reefs would be an ideal scenario. However, understanding patterns in connectivity in marine ecosystems is expensive and time consuming. Given that much of the need for coral restoration is in developing countries where connectivity studies are often lacking, relying on understanding connectivity patterns before conducting restoration may seriously hamper important restoration efforts. We certainly encourage using knowledge of connectivity to help inform restoration where possible. However, where this knowledge does not exist, or could not be easily gained, coral restoration should proceed using the best available natural history and ecological knowledge to help facilitate the scope and pace of restoration. We should not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.