Foundation species, such as trees, corals, grasses, oysters, and rockweeds, must be common abundant to effectively modify the physical environment increase biodiversity by buffering environmental stress. Yet many of these important species have been declining due disease, climate change, other factors. A prime example is precipitous population decline marine which attributed increased urbanizat...

BACKGROUND At most contaminated sites the risk to workers focuses on those 'hazardous waste workers' directly exposed to chemicals or radionuclides, and to the elaborate approaches implemented to protecting their health and safety. Ecological workers generally are not considered. OBJECTIVES To explore the risks to the health and safety of ecological workers on sites with potential chemical an...

The newly proposed concept, the Regional Pattern for Ecological Security (RPES), provided an integrated strategy for implementing ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation at regional scale. Based on the concept and its theoretical basis, the designing principles and a preliminary method were put forward. With the method, the Regional Pattern for Ecological Security of the area along ...

As interest and efforts in ecological restoration of native bivalve populations grow, the genetic implications of various restoration strategies are often unclear to resource managers and restoration practitioners, even though genetic considerations are vital to the ultimate success or failure of restoration endeavors. In an effort to fill this void, we present an overview of the underlying gen...

There is evidence that damaged peatlands can negatively affect the delivery of water related ecosystem services. There is interest in peatland restoration to meet different regulatory targets, including the Water Framework Directive (WFD). A comprehensive assessment of the economic benefits of restoration is missing. This paper synthesises hydrological and bio-geochemical knowledge on peatland ...