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Decadal changes in oyster reefs in the Big Bend of Florida’s Gulf coast
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Oyster reefs are among the world's most endangered marine habitats with an estimated 85% loss from historical levels worldwide. Oyster reefs offer diverse ecological and social services for people and natural environments; unfortunately, reefs are also highly sensitive to impairment from natural and human-induced disasters. Understanding the resilience of oyster reef communities to disturbance is key to developing effective conservation and restoration plans. Florida's Big Bend coastline (Gulf of Mexico coast from Crystal River to Apalachee Bay) supports large expanses of oyster reef habitat that have existed for thousands of years in a region that is one of the most pristine coastal zones in the continental US. We assessed trends in oyster habitat along the Big Bend region between 1982 and 2011 by examining changes in areal extent and distance of oyster reefs from shore. During our study period, we found a 66% net loss of oyster reef area (124.05 ha) with losses concentrated on offshore (88%), followed by nearshore (61%), and inshore reefs (50%). We also found that the spatial distribution of oyster reefs was moving inland. This rapid loss is likely a departure from historic geological succession. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that the primary mechanism for these observed losses in oyster reefs is reduced survival and recruitment, likely a result of decreased freshwater inputs which increases existing reef vulnerability to wave action and sea level rise. Once oyster ree…
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“Current restoration efforts build on hypotheses developed and tested during field assessments and small-scale restoration efforts (Seavey et al. 2011;Frederick et al. 2016;Kaplan et al. 2016).”
From Adaptive Management in Practice and the Problem of Application at Multiple Scales—Insights from Oyster Reef Restoration on Florida’s Gulf Coast (2022) · cites this paper as Seavey et al. 2011
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“Recurring at an unknown frequency, these mortality events could destabilize extant oyster reefs, increasing the risk of structural damage to the reef from storm events as dead shell erodes and is buried.”
From Adaptive Management in Practice and the Problem of Application at Multiple Scales—Insights from Oyster Reef Restoration on Florida’s Gulf Coast (2022) · cites this paper as Seavey et al. 2011
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“Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico have experienced significant changes due to habitat modification, hurricanes, harvesting, changing climate, and oil spills (Seavey et al. 2011;Pollack et al. 2012;Pine et al. 2015;Grabowski et al. 2017).”
From Adaptive Management in Practice and the Problem of Application at Multiple Scales—Insights from Oyster Reef Restoration on Florida’s Gulf Coast (2022) · cites this paper as Seavey et al. 2011
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“Shell erosion would lead to a reduction in oyster reef elevation through the loss of reef cultch (a matrix of live and dead shell material) and low recruitment of new oysters due to loss of settlement substrate.”
From Adaptive Management in Practice and the Problem of Application at Multiple Scales—Insights from Oyster Reef Restoration on Florida’s Gulf Coast (2022) · cites this paper as Seavey et al. 2011
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“The Lone Cabbage Reef restoration project began following commercial fishing families' observations of declines in oysters in the estuary (Seavey et al. 2011;Moore et al. 2020).”
From Adaptive Management in Practice and the Problem of Application at Multiple Scales—Insights from Oyster Reef Restoration on Florida’s Gulf Coast (2022) · cites this paper as Seavey et al. 2011
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“Episodic low river discharge is suggested to have led to periods of high coastal salinity and subsequent increased oyster mortality rates from disease and predation.”
From Adaptive Management in Practice and the Problem of Application at Multiple Scales—Insights from Oyster Reef Restoration on Florida’s Gulf Coast (2022) · cites this paper as Seavey et al. 2011
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“Ultimately, this would result in the collapse of the oyster reef as the low-relief bar becomes unsuitable for oyster settlement, individual growth, shell accretion, and overall reef persistence.”
From Adaptive Management in Practice and the Problem of Application at Multiple Scales—Insights from Oyster Reef Restoration on Florida’s Gulf Coast (2022) · cites this paper as Seavey et al. 2011
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- Seavey, J. R., Pine, W. E., Frederick, P., Sturmer, L., & Berrigan, M.
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- Ecosphere
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- Wiley
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- 2011-10
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