CFOS Juneau Seminar: Restoring underwater forests
December 3, 2020
“Cloning, Hybridization and Thermal Priming to Restore Underwater Forests”
Kelp forests are declining worldwide. The implications of their loss and attempts
to restore them are complex due to the high level of geographic variability and the
number of different stressors that interact with each other on many occasions. Multiple
techniques have been implemented to assist the recovery or repopulate sites where
kelp thrived. Techniques include transplanting juvenile kelp from donor populations,
creating artificial substrata on which juvenile kelp can settle, transplanting reproductive
fronds, and outplanting lab-cultivated juvenile kelp. Overall, success worldwide has
been limited so far, with long-term success reliant on continued maintenance (which
can be cost-prohibitive). Still, efforts must continue as the cost of losing kelp
forest could be catastrophic. In this seminar, I will share lessons learned from a Giant kelp restoration effort conducted in Baja
California, Mexico. Join Zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 931 5722 8696, Passcode: 432099
For more information, email Gabrielle Hazelton at gdhazelton@alaska.edu .
