Addition of mussel shells enhance marine benthic biodiversity in two degraded coastal soft sediment ecosystems

ED Benjamin, R Hale, SJ Handley, JR Hillman… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The decline in coastal shellfish populations, attributed to anthropogenic stressors such as
harvesting via dredging, can deplete the seabed of vital biogenic habitat. This removal of …

Assisted Juvenile Recruitment Faces Barriers as a Mussel Restoration Technique

TA Toone, ED Benjamin, JR Hillman… - … Marine and Freshwater …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal mussel populations have declined worldwide, largely due to overharvesting, water
pollution, climate change, invasive species and other anthropogenic stressors. Mussel …

Restoration, recruitment, and recovery of green-lipped mussels in Kenepuru Sound, New Zealand

TA Toone - 2023 - researchspace.auckland.ac.nz
Populations of reef-building shellfish have been decimated globally by overharvesting and
habitat loss, leading to a corresponding degradation in the vital ecosystem services they …