-Laura
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 14:26:01 -0500 (CDT)
From: Peter Unmack <peter.lists at>
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- The myth of
restoration?
On Fri, 6 May 2005, Laura Burbage wrote:
> Lastly, my BIG beef with many restoration projects,
and even much of
the
> restoration literature, is that it often focuses on
geomorphology and
> ignores the biological processes that comprise
healthy systesms.
In terms of-in-least some (maybe most?) fishes,
geomorph is often the
major problem that is screwing up their habitat, as
ultimately their
habitat is created and determined by geomorphic
processes. If you
change
those, you change the configuration and
characteristics of the stream,
which potentially changes the available habitat.
Which is not to say
this
is the only important thing, but it-in-least some
cases it is very
important.
But I understand and agree with your points.
Cheers
Peter Unmack
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