Bivalve shellfish aquaculture provides many benefits to society, beyond their traditional
market value. This study collates the evidence available on the provisioning, regulating and …

Land‐use change in the coastal zone has led to worldwide degradation of marine coastal
ecosystems and a loss of the goods and services they provide. Restoration is the process of …

Bivalve molluscs are abundant in marine and freshwater ecosystems and perform important
ecological functions. Bivalves have epifaunal or infaunal lifestyles but are largely filter …

Plastic pollution is recognised as an emerging threat to aquatic ecosystems, with
microplastics now the most abundant type of marine debris. Health effects caused by …

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 …

Native oyster reefs once dominated many estuaries, ecologically and economically.
Centuries of resource extraction exacerbated by coastal degradation have pushed oyster …

Valuation of ecosystem services can provide evidence of the importance of sustaining and
enhancing those resources and the ecosystems that provide them. Long appreciated only as …

Socially sustainable and resilient supply chains are critical for organizations to succeed
during both normal and uncertain times. Informed by supply chain disruption events, this …

Infectious diseases are common in marine environments, but the effects of a changing
climate on marine pathogens are not well understood. Here we review current knowledge …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …