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Chesapeake Bay; ecological engineering; ecosystem services; Geukensia demissa; living shorelines; ribbed mussel
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Ribbed Mussel Geukensia Demissa Population Response To Living Shoreline Design And Ecosystem Development, Donna M. Bilkovic, Robert Isdell, Amanda G. Guthrie, Molly Mitchell, Randolph M. Chambers
Ribbed Mussel Geukensia Demissa Population Response To Living Shoreline Design And Ecosystem Development, Donna M. Bilkovic, Robert Isdell, Amanda G. Guthrie, Molly Mitchell, Randolph M. Chambers
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Coastal communities increasingly invest in natural and nature-based features (e.g., living shorelines) as a strategy to protect shorelines and enhance coastal resilience. Tidal marshes are a common component of these strategies because of their capacity to reduce wave energy and storm surge impacts. Performance metrics of restoration success for living shorelines tend to focus on how the physical structure of the created marsh enhances shoreline protection via proper elevation and marsh plant presence. These metrics do not fully evaluate the level of marsh ecosystem development. In particular, the presence of key marsh bivalve species can indicate the capability of the …