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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., Brumbaugh R., AIROLDI, LAURA, Carranza A., Coen L., Crawford C., Defeo O., Edgar G., Hancock B., Kay M., Lenihan H., Luckenbach M., Toropova C., Zhang G. F., Guo X. M.   +14 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Banking Biodiversity: Ex Vivo Solutions for a Planet in Crisis

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Genetic diversity is being lost faster than it can be cataloged. Biobanking preserves cells, gametes, and DNA as recoverable material for future conservation use, and delivers most when collections are established proactively rather than deployed once populations are already critically depleted.
Oz Pomp, Nicole Tay, Shangzhe Xie
wiley   +1 more source

Oyster Restoration Efforts in Virginia

, 1999
Long-term restoration of the Virginia Oyster resource has been assisted by a series of governmental and regulatory initiatives. Following the 1990 Blue Ribbon Panel the Virginia Marine Resources Commission set as goals that the oyster resources and ...
Wesson, James, Luckenbach, Mark, Mann, Roger L.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Oyster reef restoration facilitates the recovery of macroinvertebrate abundance, diversity, and composition in estuarine communities

Scientific Reports, 2022
Historic declines in oyster populations have resulted in diminished production of ecosystem services and habitat function in many estuaries. Due to the important role of oysters in ecosystem function, scientists and resource managers have employed oyster
Adam R. Searles, Emily E. Gipson, Linda J. Walters, Geoffrey S. Cook   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobile consumers influence the shoreward edge of intertidal seagrass ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Ecological paradigms suggest that the environmentally stressful edge of a habitat is determined by physical factors. The work finds that, counter to these paradigms, an environmentally stressful edge can also be impacted by biotic interactions and are more complex than suggested.
Stephanie R. Valdez, Carter S. Smith, Catherine L. Brenner, Avery B. Paxton, Brian R. Silliman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oyster Reef Restoration May Influence Local Sediment Geochemistry Prior to Introduction of Live Oysters [PDF]

, 2023
Oyster reefs provide crucial ecosystem services, but their populations are declining worldwide. Oyster reef restoration efforts are underway in many regions, including the Gulf Coast of the United States, where the intertidal oyster populations of the ...
Steinmuller, Havalend E., Smee, Lee, Sniff, Ilya   +2 more
core   +1 more source

300 Years of Degradation in Wales Estuaries and Coasts

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The world's oceans are in a severe state of degradation, yet our understanding of that degradation is often based on changes observed only in the past 20–50 years. This narrow view leads to marine conservation efforts that aim to preserve already degraded ecosystems, shaped by shifted ecological baselines.
Richard K. F. Unsworth, Blaise Bullimore, Leanne C. Cullen‐Unsworth, Benjamin L. H. Jones   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gear and survey efficiency of patent tongs for oyster populations on restoration reefs. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Surveys of restored oyster reefs need to produce accurate population estimates to assess the efficacy of restoration. Due to the complex structure of subtidal oyster reefs, one effective and efficient means to sample is by patent tongs, rather than SCUBA,
David M Schulte, Romuald N Lipcius, Russell P Burke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Divide Between Agricultural Economics and the Sustainability Sciences

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article is based on several decades of experience engaging in interdisciplinary research and teaching involving agronomists, climate scientists, ecologists, hydrologists and geographers, focused on ensuring the long run sustainability of local and global food systems.
Thomas W. Hertel
wiley   +1 more source

Current Status of European Oyster Decline and Restoration in Germany

Humanities, 2019
Marine ecosystems of temperate regions are highly modified by human activity and far from their original natural status. The North Sea, known as an intensively used area, has lost its offshore oyster grounds due to overexploitation in a relatively short ...
Bernadette Pogoda
doaj   +1 more source