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Many documents have been developed with the objective of educating policymakers, regulators, and property owners on the engineering and ecological aspects of living shorelines. The […]
Native species of freshwater mussels were found to tolerate and grow in size at all tidal study sites on the lower Christina River in New […]
This is a report on the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary’s installation of Delaware’s first “hybrid” living shoreline along 300’ of eroding salt marsh adjacent […]
More than 80,000 juvenile freshwater mussels were produced in a hatchery and reared in a variety of aquatic habitats and aquaculture gear within Kent and […]
Historically, eroding shorelines have been managed through the implementation of hardened infrastructure such as seawalls, bulkheads, and revetments. As these structure are spatially static, they […]
Bivalve molluscs provide water quality benefits throughout mid-Atlantic watersheds, such as Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River basins. Whereas most of the attention has focused […]
Ribbed mussels occupy multiple habitats across the salt marsh landscape—along primary low marsh shorelines, within tidal creeks, and across the high marsh platform. Through their […]
This study reports findings of an analysis of modifications to the incident wave field caused by constructed Oyster Castle® breakwater systems at Gandys Beach Preserve […]
Ribbed mussels are the functional dominant species in eastern U.S. salt marshes, providing particulate nutrient filtration and enhanced vegetative growth services. Wetland loss in the […]
Ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) are ubiquitous intertidal invertebrates of eastern North American salt marshes, often living in close association with salt marsh cordgrass Spartina alterniflora. […]