Oyster habitats have declined by 50% in the Gulf of Mexico due in part to coastal development and hurricanes, Texas officials ...

Many estuaries show no significant ecological improvement despite many years of extensive restoration and conservation efforts. Increasing human activities in the coastal zone create multiple ...

In the Grass, On the Reef explores the estuary ecosystems of north Florida. Dr. Randall Hughes and Dr. David Kimbro study oyster reefs, salt marshes, and seagrass beds, and the factors that affect ...

Seagrasses, or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), have disappeared from coastal and tidal areas around the country ... But as communities develop and pave over grasses and other pervious surfaces, ...

The coupling of physics, biogeochemistry, and ecology occurs at many spatial scales in estuaries (Figure 1) (Geyer et al., 2000). Fisheries production and coastal nutrient enrichment, supplied via ...

Unfortunately, the state’s early posture on protecting coastal resources has shifted over the past 20 plus years ...

Chalmette High School students and other volunteers installed an oyster reef and planted marsh grasses as part of an initiative involving the nonprofit Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana ...