A moving baseline
Restoration often aims at a historical reference. Under warming seas, the species that thrived at a site decades ago may no longer be the best choice for the next decades.
Planning for change
- Use projections of temperature and heatwaves when choosing sites.
- Favour genetic diversity in restoration material.
- Monitor long enough to see the effect of extreme years.
Restore for the sea that is coming, using what we learnt from the sea that was.