Ocean sprawl: challenges and opportunities for biodiversity management in a changing world

LB Firth, AM Knights, D Bridger, AJ Evans… - … and Marine Biology …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
LOUISE B. FIRTH1, ANTONY M. KNIGHTS2, DANIELLE BRIDGER3, ALLY J. EVANS4,
NOVA MIESZKOWSKA5, 6, PIPPA J. MOORE4, NESSA E. O'CONNOR7, EMMA V …

Guidelines for evaluating performance of oyster habitat restoration

LP Baggett, SP Powers, RD Brumbaugh… - Restoration …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Restoration of degraded ecosystems is an important societal goal, yet inadequate
monitoring and the absence of clear performance metrics are common criticisms of many …

[書籍][B] Biology and evolution of the mollusca, volume 1

WF Ponder, DR Lindberg, JM Ponder - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

[書籍][B] Ecology of marine bivalves: an ecosystem approach

RF Dame, MJ Kenneth - 2011 - library.oapen.org
Bivalves, such as clams and oysters, are species having two-valved shells. In the marine
ecosystem these species play a unique and essential role. This book examines the ecology …

Human-driven impacts on marine habitats: a regional meta-analysis in the Mediterranean Sea

J Claudet, S Fraschetti - Biological Conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Habitat destruction is one of the main threats to environmental integrity. Assessing the
consequences of human impacts is crucial both to predict and prevent structural and …

Habitat‐specific distinctions in estuarine denitrification affect both ecosystem function and services

MF Piehler, AR Smyth - Ecosphere, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Resource limitation controls the base of food webs in many aquatic ecosystems. In coastal
ecosystems, nitrogen (N) has been found to be the predominant limiting factor for primary …

Bridging the gap between coastal engineering and nature conservation? A review of coastal ecosystems as nature-based solutions for coastal protection

P Jordan, P Fröhle - Journal of coastal conservation, 2022 - Springer
Under the umbrella term of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) fall measures from a wide range
of disciplines. With regard to coastal protection, coastal ecosystems represent possible and …

Australian shellfish ecosystems: Past distribution, current status and future direction

CL Gillies, IM McLeod, HK Alleway, P Cook… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
We review the status of marine shellfish ecosystems formed primarily by bivalves in
Australia, including: identifying ecosystem-forming species, assessing their historical and …

Restoring shellfish reefs: Global guidelines for practitioners and scientists

JA Fitzsimons, S Branigan, CL Gillies… - … Science and Practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Widespread global declines in shellfish reefs (ecosystem‐forming bivalves such as oysters
and mussels) have led to growing interest in their restoration and protection. With restoration …

Loss of an ecological baseline through the eradication of oyster reefs from coastal ecosystems and human memory

HK Alleway, SD Connell - Conservation Biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Oyster reefs form over extensive areas and the diversity and productivity of sheltered coasts
depend on them. Due to the relatively recent population growth of coastal settlements in …