To reach these recovery averages, the researchers looked at data from peer - reviewed studies over the past 100 years on the rate of ecosystem recovery once the source of pollution was removed. (treehugger.com)
«It would be good to see their predictions tested with actual observations of ecosystem recovery from drought across a range of ecosystems and climate zones.» (carbonbrief.org)
Scientists at Oregon State University, Simon Fraser University and other institutions have shown in both computer models and 18 months of field tests on reefs that reducing lionfish numbers by specified amounts — at the sites they studied, between 75 - 95 percent — will allow a rapid recovery of native fish biomass in the treatment area, and to some extent may aid larger ecosystem recovery as well. (sciencedaily.com)