Marsh Restoration: A Synthesis of Science and Management
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BOOK REVIEW
Marsh Restoration: A Synthesis of Science and Management Roman, C.T. and Burdick D.M. (eds): Tidal Marsh Restoration: A Synthesis of Science and Management. Island Press, Washington, DC, USA, 2012, (ISBN 978-1597265751) 406 pp. US$100 (hardcover), (ISBN: 978-1597265768) US$50 (paperback) John C. Callaway
Received: 12 December 2012 / Accepted: 23 December 2012 / Published online: 18 January 2013 # Society of Wetland Scientists 2013
Tidal Marsh Restoration: A Synthesis of Science and Management is part of a book series on “the Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration” published by Island Press in collaboration with the Society of Ecological Restoration. The aim of the series is “is to create a forum devoted to advancing restoration science and practice, as well as promoting their integration with the conservation sciences.” Editors Charles Roman and David Burdick make a clear point in their introduction to Tidal Marsh Restoration that they have strived to provide a book that addresses this intersection of science and management: something that would be useful for practitioners and managers, as well as scientists. They focus on tidal marsh restoration in the region that they know well, New England and Atlantic Canada, and they have compiled a strong collection of knowledge and insight from a variety of perspectives in this volume. The book leads off with six chapters synthesizing restoration science and ranging from hydrology and biogeochemistry to vegetation (including a separate chapter on Phragmites australis), nekton, and birds. All chapters include some discussion of the response of these parameters to restoration activities; however, the depth of focus on this uniting principle varies across the chapters. For example, the hydrology chapter includes a detailed discussion of the use of various models as tools for evaluating hydrologic responses, rather than a synthesis of response-related research. At the other extreme, the nekton chapter is a datarich, detailed review of nekton response to restoration. The avian chapter also has a strong emphasis on response, although with less data synthesis; the other chapters in this J. C. Callaway (*) University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA e-mail: [email protected]
section include some depth on restoration response, along with other issues from effects of tidal restrictions to impacts from Phragmites. While the range of approaches is understandable given the topics, I found the specific evaluation of restoration responses to be of greatest interest; from my perspective, it would have been more effective to maintain a stronger focus on the response to restoration activities, especially given much of the rest of the book has more of an emphasis on restoration practice and implementation. I found it very useful that most of these chapters concluded with a consideration of research and monitoring opportunities. Just as we need to focus on what can been learned from studying the response of marshes across various restoration methods, carefully thi
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