Mollusc aquaculture is advocated as a highly sustainable food source and may play an
important role in future food security globally. With production increasing worldwide, it is …

The resilience of socio-ecological systems to sea level rise, storms and flooding can be
enhanced when coastal habitats are used as natural infrastructure. Grey infrastructure has …

One of the paramount goals of oyster reef living shorelines is to achieve sustained and
adaptive coastal protection, which requires meeting ecological (ie, develop a self‐sustaining …

Much of the United States' critical infrastructure is either aging or requires significant repair,
leaving US communities and the economy vulnerable. Outdated and dilapidated …

Oyster reefs have the potential as eco-engineers to improve coastal protection. A field
experiment was undertaken to assess the benefit of oyster breakwater reefs to mitigate …

Oyster reef loss represents one of the most dramatic declines of a foundation species
worldwide. Oysters provide valuable ecosystem services (ES), including habitat …

The proliferation of dams since 1950 promoted sediment deposition in reservoirs, which is
thought to be starving the coast of sediment and decreasing the resilience of communities to …

Increases in minimum air temperatures have facilitated transitions of salt marshes to
mangroves along coastlines in the southeastern United States. Numerous studies have …

Traditional solutions to estuarine flood risk management have typically involved the
implementation of static 'hard'shoreline protection structures, often at the expense of the …

In recent years, soft engineering coastal protection based on oyster reefs has emerged as a
sustainable solution. However, the mechanism and quantification of wave attenuation by …