Reefense: Living shoreline mosaics can achieve ecological and engineering outcomes with interdisciplinary design
Abstract
Living shorelines that comprise oyster reefs within a mosaic of multiple coastal habitats can be a resilient and adaptive coastal protection alternative to conventional engineered structures. The success of an oyster reef living shoreline depends on the evolution of a stable base substrate that provides initial short-term coastal protection, to the growth of a living oyster reef and associated habitats in the longer-term, which can enhance protection and provide other ecosystem services. Interdisciplinary global teams that include ecologists, biologists, engineers, techno-economists, and industry are leading the development and implementation of innovative reef-based coastal protection (“Reefense”) solutions that can be scaled to face the challenges of climate change.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
Authors (35)
Rebecca L. Morris
School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne
Jaden E. Akers
Coastal Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University
Sandra Casas
School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Justin Geldard
School of Earth and Oceans, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
Alex Goad
Reef Design Lab
Marco Ghisalberti
School of Engineering, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
Ximing Guo
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University
Reid Holland
Rutgers Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University
Hongyue Jin
Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona
Kelly M. Kibler
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida
Danielle Kreeger
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University
Brendan S. Lanham
School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne
Jerome F. La Peyre
School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Ryan J. Lowe
School of Earth and Oceans, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
Cynthia E. M. Lupton
Coastal Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University
Hani Nassif
Rutgers Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University
William Mather
WSP Climate, Resiliency and Sustainability
Andrew W. M. Pomeroy
School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne
Ella Rothermel
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Michael Ruszala
Rutgers Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University
Madhuwanthi Rupasinghe
Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
F. Scott Rikard
Auburn University Shellfish Lab, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Science, Auburn University
Richard E. Riman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University
Rackel San Nicolas
Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
Jenny P. Shinn
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University
Prashansa Shrestha
Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona
Eric L. Sparks
Coastal Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University
Stephen E. Swearer
Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
Jyotismita Taye
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida
Nigel A. Temple
Department of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering, The University of South Alabama
Manisha N. Thenuwara
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida
Peter B. Vien
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida
Zhenwei Wang
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University
Mason L. Williams
Auburn University Shellfish Lab, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Science, Auburn University
David Bushek
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University