Coupling breakwalls with oyster restoration structures enhances living shoreline performance along energetic shorelines

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dc.authoridVeenstra, Jessica/0000-0001-6484-5350|Cooper-Kolb, Tyler/0000-0002-9504-6057|Safak, Ilgar/0000-0001-7675-0770
dc.authorwosidSafak, Ilgar/AAC-4362-2021
dc.contributor.authorSafak, I.
dc.contributor.authorNorby, P. L.
dc.contributor.authorDix, N.
dc.contributor.authorGrizzle, R. E.
dc.contributor.authorSouthwell, M.
dc.contributor.authorVeenstra, J. J.
dc.contributor.authorAcevedo, A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:42:32Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:42:32Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractInterest and investment in constructing living shorelines rather than harder engineering structures are on the rise worldwide. However, the performance of these interventions in rejuvenating coastal habitats, depositing fine sediments with elevated organic content, and reducing erosion varies widely and is often low along energetic shorelines. In this study, we test the efficacy of a living shoreline design that couples breakwalls and oyster restoration structures, in protecting coastal estuarine ecosystems and their services along energetic shorelines. A field experiment was conducted between 2015 and 2019 along a section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in northeast Florida, which experiences commercial and recreational vessel traffic. We discovered that organic matter, silt and clay content all increased in sediments collected in the living shorelines compared to paired control treatments. In addition, oysters established and developed into robust reefs on the gabions - wire cages filled with seasoned oyster shells - that were used to facilitate oyster recovery within this living shorelines design, although oyster growth was highest where the gabions were placed at lower intertidal elevations. Additionally, salt marsh cordgrass along shoreline margins protected by the living shoreline structures remained stable or began advancing toward the Intracoastal Waterway channel at rates of similar to 1 m per year, whereas cordgrass in control treatments retreated at rates approaching 2 m per year. This study provides powerful evidence that vessel wake stress is indeed driving ecosystem loss and that simple nature-based living shoreline structures designed to dissipate this energy can slow or reverse ecosystem decline. More research is needed to optimize these nature-based solutions for shoreline protection in coastal and estuarine settings, and to improve their durability.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; University of Michigan Water Center [NAI4NOS4190145]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was sponsored by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative, which supports collaborative research that addresses coastal management problems important to the reserves. The Science Collaborative is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and managed by the University of Michigan Water Center (NAI4NOS4190145). Installation of shoreline treatments took significant planning and labor provided by University of Florida students Ada Bersoza Hernandez and Gregory Kusel, GTMNERR staff and volunteers, Andrea Noel and James Tomazinis from Northeast Florida Aquatic Preserves, Ron Brockmeyer from St.Johns River Water Management District, and Annie Rodenberry from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Pamela Marcum from GTMNERR led field work and data analysis for GTMNERR oyster collection efforts. Andrew Payne provided analysis and visualizations of the oyster data. Krystin Ward assisted in gathering field data on the oysters and conducting data analysis. We would like to thank the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jan Vymazal and the two anonymous reviewers for the time and effort they spent for providing suggestions toward improving the manuscript.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.106071
dc.identifier.issn0925-8574
dc.identifier.issn1872-6992
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85092107617en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.106071
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7321
dc.identifier.volume158en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000596374300008en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofEcological Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectEcosystemen_US
dc.subjectRestorationen_US
dc.subjectBreakwateren_US
dc.subjectGabionen_US
dc.subjectSedimenten_US
dc.subjectErosionen_US
dc.subjectCrassostrea-Virginicaen_US
dc.subjectMosquito Lagoonen_US
dc.subjectSalt Marshesen_US
dc.subjectReefsen_US
dc.subjectQualityen_US
dc.titleCoupling breakwalls with oyster restoration structures enhances living shoreline performance along energetic shorelinesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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