Habitat value of bivalve shellfish and seaweed aquaculture for fish and invertebrates: Pathways, synthesis and next steps

SJ Theuerkauf, LT Barrett, HK Alleway… - Reviews in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aquaculture can have negative environmental impacts, adding to the suite of anthropogenic
stressors that challenge coastal ecosystems. However, a growing body of scientific evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable growth of non-fed aquaculture can generate valuable ecosystem benefits

LT Barrett, SJ Theuerkauf, JM Rose, HK Alleway… - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Investment in extractive or 'non-fed'aquaculture has been proposed as a partial solution for
sustainable food provision. An important aspect is the potential for aquaculture-environment …

Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems

RH Thurstan, H McCormick, J Preston, EC Ashton… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Anthropogenic activities have impacted marine ecosystems at extraordinary scales.
Biogenic reef ecosystems built by the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) typically declined …

Restoring the eastern oyster: how much progress has been made in 53 years?

A Bersoza Hernández, RD Brumbaugh… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal ecosystem restoration is accelerating globally as a means of enhancing shoreline
protection, carbon storage, water quality, fisheries, and biodiversity. Among the most …

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 …

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 …

Turning a lost reef ecosystem into a national restoration program

D McAfee, IM McLeod, HK Alleway… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving a sustainable socioecological future now requires large‐scale environmental
repair across legislative borders. Yet, enabling large‐scale conservation is complicated by …

Tidal marsh restoration optimism in a changing climate and urbanizing seascape

NJ Waltham, C Alcott, MA Barbeau, J Cebrian… - Estuaries and …, 2021 - Springer
Tidal marshes (including saltmarshes) provide remarkable value for many social (cultural,
recreational) and environmental (fish production, water quality, shoreline protection, carbon …

Oyster restoration to recover ecosystem services

RS Smith, JL Pruett - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Oyster reef loss represents one of the most dramatic declines of a foundation species
worldwide. Oysters provide valuable ecosystem services (ES), including habitat …