Urban areas have broad ecological footprints with complex impacts on natural systems. In
coastal areas, growing populations are advancing their urban footprint into the ocean …

Metapopulation and source–sink dynamics are increasingly considered within spatially
explicit management of wildlife populations, yet the application of these concepts has …

Decision-making in a coastal socio-ecological system involves managing a site-specific
complexity arising not only from the interaction between hydrodynamic and morphological …

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 …

In this paper, similarities and differences in growth patterns, measured as changes in soft
tissue weight and shell length, among three bivalve species in Sweden (blue mussels …

Worldwide, artificially armored shorelines can dominate available estuarine habitat.
Increases in artificial substrata in southern California, USA, coincide with increased …

The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is a coastal foundation species currently under
threat from anthropogenic activities both globally and in the Apalachicola Bay region of north …

Population characteristics (eg density and body sizes) of foundation species can affect their
own persistence and provisioning of ecosystem functions. Understanding the drivers of …

Pacific oysters Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas have been successfully invading ecosystems
worldwide. As an ecosystem engineer, they have the potential to substantially impact on …

Oyster restoration efforts, including Living Shoreline and Living Dock projects, utilize
aquaculture-grade plastic oyster mats to mitigate the decline of benthic communities …