Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state of the art

LB Firth, J Bone, A Bartholomew… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - icevirtuallibrary.com
In the marine environment, greening of grey infrastructure (GGI) is a rapidly growing field
that attempts to encourage native marine life to colonise marine artificial structures to …

[HTML][HTML] Biodeterioration and bioprotection of concrete assets in the coastal environment

JR Bone, R Stafford, AE Hall, RJH Herbert - International Biodeterioration & …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The deleterious effects (biodeterioration) and the protective benefits (bioprotection) of
biological colonisation on manmade structures have long been debated. Lichens, biofilms …

Design catalogue for eco-engineering of coastal artificial structures: a multifunctional approach for stakeholders and end-users

KA O'Shaughnessy, SJ Hawkins, AJ Evans… - Urban …, 2020‏ - Springer
Coastal urbanisation, energy extraction, food production, ship** and transportation have
led to the global proliferation of artificial structures within the coastal and marine …

Artificial shorelines lack natural structural complexity across scales

PJ Lawrence, AJ Evans… - … of the Royal …, 2021‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
From microbes to humans, habitat structural complexity plays a direct role in the provision of
physical living space, and increased complexity supports higher biodiversity and ecosystem …

Eco-engineering of seawalls—an opportunity for enhanced climate resilience from increased topographic complexity

M Salauddin, JJ O'Sullivan, S Abolfathi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
In the context of “green” approaches to coastal engineering, the term “eco-engineering” has
emerged in recent years to describe the incorporation of ecological concepts (including …

Making seawalls multifunctional: The positive effects of seeded bivalves and habitat structure on species diversity and filtration rates

ML Vozzo, M Mayer-Pinto, MJ Bishop… - Marine Environmental …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The marine environment is being increasingly modified by the construction of artificial
structures, the impacts of which may be mitigated through eco-engineering. To date, eco …

Replicating natural topography on marine artificial structures–A novel approach to eco-engineering

AJ Evans, PJ Lawrence, AS Natanzi, PJ Moore… - Ecological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Ocean sprawl is a growing threat to marine and coastal ecosystems globally, with wide-
ranging consequences for natural habitats and species. Artificial structures built in the …

The elephant in the room: Introduced species also profit from refuge creation by artificial fish habitats

RPM Gauff, E Joubert, A Curd, A Carlier… - Marine Environmental …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Increasingly, ecological rehabilitation is envisioned to mitigate and revert impacts of ocean
sprawl on coastal marine biodiversity. While in the past studies have demonstrated the …

Sea level rise in Europe: Observations and projections

A Melet, R van de Wal, A Amores, A Arns… - State of the Planet …, 2023‏ - sp.copernicus.org
Sea level rise (SLR) is a major concern for Europe, where 30 million people live in the
historical 1-in-100-year event flood coastal plains. The latest IPCC assessment reports …

The use of environmental DNA metabarcoding and quantitative PCR for molecular detection of marine invasive non-native species associated with artificial structures

LM Gargan, PR Brooks, SR Vye, JE Ironside… - Biological …, 2022‏ - Springer
Artificial coastal structures associated with coastal defences, energy generation, ports,
marinas and other developments, are known to support lower levels of biodiversity than …