Globally, there is growing interest in restoring previously widespread oyster reefs to reinstate
key ecosystem services such as shoreline protection, fisheries productivity and water …

Restoration ecologists have long-called for more holistic approaches to ecosystem
restoration and tools for monitoring restoration success. There has been an increased …

Carbon burial is increasingly valued as a service provided by threatened vegetated coastal
habitats. Similarly, shellfish reefs contain significant pools of carbon and are globally …

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 …

Coastal ecosystems are increasingly recognized as essential elements within coastal
defence schemes and coastal adaptation. The capacity of coastal ecosystems, like marshes …

Within intertidal communities, aerial exposure (emergence during the tidal cycle) generates
strong vertical zonation patterns with distinct growth boundaries regulated by physiological …

Coastal ecosystems have drastically declined in coverage and condition across the globe.
To combat these losses, marine conservation has recently employed habitat restoration as a …

Physical‐biological coupling helps structure aquatic communities, yet physical factors can
vary widely across large, biogeographic scales. The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is …

Like many ecosystem functions in marine and terrestrial environments, nutrient processing
varies dramatically over small spatial scales, making efforts to apply findings within and …

Attempts to restore marine ecosystems are increasing, but the success of projects remains
variable. For marine invertebrates, the establishment of self‐sustaining populations requires …