Enhancing multiple scales of seafloor biodiversity with mussel restoration

MA Sea, JR Hillman, SF Thrush - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Restoration projects are underway internationally in response to global declines in shellfish
beds. As diverse biological assemblages underpin a variety of ecosystem services …

The benefits of bivalve reef restoration: A global synthesis of underrepresented species

PSE Zu Ermgassen, RH Thurstan… - Aquatic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bivalve habitat restoration is growing in geographic extent and scale globally. While
addressing the wide‐scale loss of these biogenic habitats is still a key motivation behind …

[PDF][PDF] Land-based effects on coastal fisheries and kaimoana and their habitats–a review

MA Morrison, S Elliot, A Hughes… - New Zealand Aquatic …, 2023 - researchgate.net
New Zealand's coastal environment and associated habitats support valuable invertebrate
and finfish fisheries. Most of these fisheries are now fully exploited. Many have a history of …

[HTML][HTML] Determining mussel restoration success: An Australasian case study

SM Roberts, SE Reeves, A Bossie, A Cottingham… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Restoration is becoming an increasingly common management tool to aid in recovering
degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems. Developing and adopting best practices are …

[HTML][HTML] From 'clean and green'to 'brown and down': A synthesis of historical changes to biodiversity and marine ecosystems in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

SC Urlich, SJ Handley - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a potential antidote to the alleviation of multiple
stressors in highly-valued and contested marine environments. An understanding of the …

Testing habitat suitability for shellfish restoration with small‐scale pilot experiments

ED Benjamin, SJ Handley, A Jeffs… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The global loss in ecosystem engineers has initiated calls for restoration, which includes the
UN declaration of 2021–2030 as the decade of ecosystem restoration. As researchers dive …

Benthic Crustacea on coral reefs: a quantitative survey

MJ Kramer, DR Bellwood, O Bellwood - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2014 - int-res.com
Benthic crustaceans are an important component of the coral reef fauna, yet our
understanding of their ecological significance is incomplete. To determine the community …

Biodiversity associated with restored small-scale mussel habitats has restoration decision implications

ED Benjamin, SJ Handley, R Hale, TA Toone… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
The global loss of marine ecosystem engineers has caused an unprecedented decline in
biodiversity. Although wild shellfish habitats have been shown to support biodiverse …

Identifying the source populations supplying a vital economic marine species for the New Zealand aquaculture industry

R Chaput, CN Quigley, SB Weppe, AG Jeffs… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Aquaculture of New Zealand's endemic green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) is
an industry valued at NZ $336 M per annum and is~ 80% reliant on the natural supply of …

Combined biophysical and genetic modelling approaches reveal new insights into population connectivity of New Zealand green-lipped mussels

CN Quigley, M Roughan, R Chaput, AG Jeffs… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding how ocean currents affect larval transport is crucial for understanding
population connectivity in sessile marine invertebrates whose primary dispersal opportunity …