Assessing shoreline exposure and oyster habitat suitability maximizes potential success for sustainable shoreline protection using restored oyster reefs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Oyster reefs provide valuable ecosystem services that contribute to coastal resilience. Unfortunately, many reefs have been degraded or removed completely, and there are increased efforts to restore oysters in many coastal areas.
Megan K. La Peyre +3 more
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Some Like it Hot: The Ecology, Ecosystem Benefits and Restoration Potential of Oyster Reefs in Tropical Waters [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Oysters are ecosystem engineers that form biogenic reef habitats in shallow coastal and estuarine waters and provide important ecosystem services.
Marina A. Richardson +8 more
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Ecomorphodynamics of oyster reefs and their influence on oyster reef morphology
Geomorphology, 2023 Over 85 % of oyster reefs have been lost globally due to disease, overharvesting, global warming, and pollution. Consideration of the ecosystem services provided by healthy oyster reefs (e.g., coastal protection, water purification and carbon burial) has driven recent research and restoration efforts worldwide.
Roncolato, Francesca +12 more
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Ecologies, 2022 Populations of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) have been historically declining due to both natural and anthropogenic stressors. In response, oyster reefs have been created with many different approaches.
Marc H. Hanke +6 more
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Interactions between dense seasonal macroalgal mats and oysters on natural and constructed shellfish reefs [PDF]
PeerJOysters are important coastal foundation species that provide valuable hard substrate for the recruitment of epibiotic organisms in environments otherwise dominated by soft sediment.
Carter S. Smith +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 Fishery species that reside in no-take, marine reserves often show striking increases in size and abundance relative to harvested areas, with the potential for larval spillover to harvested populations.
Jason W. Peters +5 more
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Sediment accumulation by coastal biogenic structures sustains intertidal flats facing sea level rise in the German Wadden sea [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBiogenic structures such as oyster reefs and mussel beds can enhance sedimentation and promote the expansion of intertidal flats in the German Wadden Sea. This study presents large-scale measurements of sedimentation at biogenic structures that depend on
Tom K. Hoffmann +6 more
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Offshore Neopycnodonte Oyster Reefs in the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
Diversity, 2020 Oysters are important ecosystem engineers best known to produce large bioconstructions at shallow depth, whilst offshore deep-subtidal oyster reefs are less widely known.
Lorenzo Angeletti, Marco Taviani
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Oyster Reefs at Risk and Recommendations for Conservation, Restoration, and Management
BioScience, 2011 Native oyster reefs once dominated many estuaries, ecologically and economically. Centuries of resource extraction exacerbated by coastal degradation have pushed oyster reefs to the brink of functional extinction worldwide. We examined the condition of oyster reefs across 144 bays and 44 ecoregions; our comparisons of past with present abundances ...
Beck M. W. +14 more
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Habitat Size and Location Drive Heterogeneity in Oyster Shell Colonization by Sessile Invertebrates [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionOyster reefs form a critical, biogenic coastal habitat and host diverse assemblages of fish and invertebrates. Previous studies show that variation in the settlement and distribution of oyster reef inhabitants depends on factors such as flow and members ...
Elizabeth A. Hamman
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