reef management Flashcards
What is proactive management in coral reef conservation?
Proactive management involves actions aimed at protecting reefs and enabling recovery, such as setting up protected areas, improving water quality, and managing fishing.
What is reactive management in coral reef conservation?
Reactive management focuses on repairing ecosystem functions and assisting the recovery of a degraded reef system, often after significant damage has occurred.
What is ecological restoration?
Ecological restoration is the process of helping an ecosystem recover from degradation, aiming to return it to its native state. It includes identifying restoration targets and goals for recovery.
What is the difference between ecological restoration and ecological rehabilitation?
Ecological restoration aims to return an ecosystem to its native state, while ecological rehabilitation seeks to reinstate a level of ecosystem function to provide essential services, even if the ecosystem doesn’t fully return to its original state.
What is restoration ecology?
Restoration ecology is the scientific field that supports the process of ecological restoration, focusing on methods and techniques to help ecosystems recover
What are some methods used for coral reef restoration?
- Physical restoration: Substrate addition and manipulation.
- Biological restoration: Asexual and sexual coral propagation, algal removal, and increasing adaptation potential.
How does asexual coral propagation work?
Asexual coral propagation involves fragmenting pieces of coral, growing thousands in a nursery, and then planting them back onto the reefs.
How might selective breeding contribute to coral reef conservation?
Selective breeding, such as breeding heat-tolerant corals, could help increase coral resilience to stressors like temperature rise, offering a promising tool for future reef management.
