Alex Moore (Princeton, AMNH): Restoration Ecology in Coastal Wetland Ecosystems

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Dr. Alex Moore provides an introduction to coastal wetlands, including the functional role they play in our world, as well as the many ways that these ecosystems are used for economic and recreational activities.

Dr. Moore discusses the traditional approach to restoring coastal wetlands, and the ways that these efforts can fall short of restoring functional capacity in coastal salt marshes. Incorporating consumer interactions into restoration efforts may provide an opportunity to further improve wetland restoration. Moore finishes with a brief overview of work currently underway in coastal mangroves, another important wetland ecosystem.

0:00 Introduction
1:35 Wetland loss and value
2:51 Traditional restoration
3:51 Consumer interactions
5:14 Salt marsh food web
6:40 Experimental design and results
10:56 Beyond salt marsh ecosystems
12:38 Entering a new space as a researcher

Speaker Biography:
Dr. Alex Moore earned a Ph.D. in Forestry and Environmental Studies from the Yale School of the Environment. Dr. Moore was awarded an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), and continued postdoctoral training at the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University. In Fall 2022, Alex will join the Department of Botany and Forest & Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia as an Assistant Professor.

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Sarah Goodwin (SCL): Executive Producer
Elliot Kirschner (SCL): Executive Producer
Shannon Behrman (iBiology): Producer
Kevin McLean (iBiology): Producer, Editor
Eric Kornblum (iBiology): Videographer
Chris George: Design and Graphics
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