Marine and coastal environments are diverse and dynamic, supporting competing human
interests and demands. As society seeks to balance contested uses of space, more holistic …

Traditionally, ecosystem restoration has focussed on standard ecological indicators like
water or habitat quality, species population abundance or vegetation cover to determine …

Abstract The North American Great Lakes have been experiencing dramatic change during
the past half-century, highlighting the need for holistic, ecosystem-based approaches to …

In environmental programs and blue/green space development, improving aesthetics is a
common goal. There is broad interest in understanding the relationship between …

Abstract The Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership is one of 28 programs in the
United States Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program (NEP) charged …

Improvements to environmental quality through sediment remediation and habitat
restoration are considered important components of the revitalization of communities with …

An international effort to restore contaminated areas across the Great Lakes has been
underway for over 50 years. Although experts have increasingly recognized the inherent …

Sediment remediation and habitat restoration projects have been increasingly employed
along the coast of the Great Lakes to improve environmental quality since the designation of …

Owing to the heterogenous distribution of contaminated sediments in urban estuaries,
contaminant residues, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), in fish tissue can vary …

The combined effects of urbanization and climate change require resource managers to
navigate interacting social and ecological dimensions of environment in the stewardship of …