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Hydrodynamic and sediment dynamic impact of human engineering activity on Liyashan oyster reefs, China

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
As human activity increases, coastal ecosystems are becoming increasingly vulnerable to a range of challenges. Oyster reefs are coastal ecosystems that provide habitats for a diverse range of marine species while also purifying water and providing ...
Feng Luo, Feng Luo, Feng Luo, Zhipeng Chen, Hongbo Wu, Fei Zhu, Jingwei Zeng, Weimin Quan   +7 more
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European Native Oyster Reef Ecosystems Are Universally Collapsed

Conservation Letters, 2023
ABSTRACT Oyster reefs are often referred to as the temperate functional equivalent of coral reefs. Yet evidence for this analogy was lacking for the European native species Ostrea edulis .
zu Ermgassen, Philine S. E., McCormick, Hannah, Debney, Alison, Fariñas‐Franco, José M., Gamble, Celine, Gillies, Chris, Hancock, Boze, Laugen, Ane T., Pouvreau, Stéphane, Preston, Joanne, Sanderson, William G., Strand, Åsa, Thurstan, Ruth H.   +12 more
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Advancing conservation breeding programs for marine invertebrates

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the face of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss caused by climate change and other stressors, conservation breeding, or captive breeding, with the aim of reintroduction for wild population recovery, is an emerging tool for preventing species’ extinction and rehabilitating ecosystems.
Elora H. López‐Nandam, Bart Shepherd, Kylie Lev, Rebecca Albright   +3 more
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Reef Beat education series: the amazing Great Barrier Reef, let's keep it great [PDF]

, 2013
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s 2013 Reef Beat education series, the amazing Great Barrier Reef — let’s keep it great, includes a poster (best viewed and printed in A0 size) and curriculum-linked activity book.

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CPineMarineEcology/Blue-Groper-Oyster-Reef-Data: Blue Groper Oyster Reef Data

, 2022
Data for the paper titled "Observation of Juvenile Eastern Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) on Remnant Oyster Reefs in New South Wales, Australia." by Pine et al.
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Reef Beat education series: river to reef

, 2005
The 2005 Reef Beat education series — river to reef, provides students and teachers with information about the connectivity between rivers and the Great Barrier Reef.

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Twelve principles for successful governance of community‐based coastal marine restoration

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Global agreements, such as the Global Biodiversity Framework, call for urgent, large‐scale action to halt biodiversity loss through a whole‐of‐society approach. Community‐based restoration can play a crucial role in achieving this goal, yet there remains limited understanding of what makes these projects effective and sustainable.
Michelle M. Holian, Sean D. Connell, Dominic McAfee   +2 more
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Reef Beat education series: the inshore Great Barrier Reef, bursting with biodiversity [PDF]

, 2012
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's 2012 Reef Beat education series, the inshore Great Barrier Reef — bursting with biodiversity, explores how the inshore marine, coastal and Great Barrier Reef catchment ecosystems are interconnected and ...

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The lost ecosystem: Historically extensive oyster reefs are now critically endangered in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Estuary

Global Ecology and Conservation
Oyster reef ecosystems are in a degraded or collapsed state globally, having declined since the onset of unsustainable harvest practices and coastal development over the past two centuries.
Samantha Klein, Martina E. Feltracco, Marine Thomas, Boze Hancock, Adam A. Janikowski, Sally C.Y. Lau, Bayden D. Russell   +6 more
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Extensive spatial impacts of oyster reefs on an intertidal mudflat community via predator facilitation

Communications Biology, 2022
A spatial analysis of the mudflat community of Bourgneuf Bay, France before and after experimental oyster reef removal reveals the role of oyster reefs in influencing microphytobenthos via predator facilitation.
Carl J. Reddin, Priscilla Decottignies, Lise Bacouillard, Laurent Barillé, Stanislas F. Dubois, Caroline Echappé, Pierre Gernez, Bruno Jesus, Vona Méléder, Paulina S. Nätscher, Vincent Turpin, Daniela Zeppilli, Nadescha Zwerschke, Anik Brind’Amour, Bruno Cognie   +14 more
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