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Research Report No. 1293 - Development of a marine and coastal enhancement project assessment framework for Scottish inshore waters.

Published online: 28 Nov 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Chambers, C. & Jones, K. L. & Malcolm, F. & Boyle, G. & Sanderson, W. G. & Garbutt, A. & Jones, L. & Unsworth, R. K. F. & Lilley, R. J.

Content type: Reports

The work, as presented in this report, is focused on four species / habitats (referred to as features) that applicants most frequently propose as enha...

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Embracing dynamic design for climate-resilient living shorelines.

Published online: 01 May 2021

Authors: Mitchell, M. & Bilkovic, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper draws on scientific literature and practical experience with living shoreline design and application to make recommendations for how living...

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Life cycle informed restoration: engineering settlement substrate material characteristics and structural complexity for reef formation.

Published online: 04 Nov 2021

Authors: Temmink, R. J. M. & Angelini, C. & Fivash, G. S. & Swart, L. & Nouta, R. & Teunis, M. & Lengkeek, W. & Didderen, K. & Lamers, L. P. M. & Bouma, T. J. & Heide, T. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystems are degrading world-wide, with severe ecological and economic consequences. Restoration is becoming an important tool to regain ecosystem s...

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Understanding the impact of the 2018 drought on key freshwater pearl mussel propulations in Scotland.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Cosgrove, P. & Shields, D. & Anderson, D. & Massey, K.

Content type: Reports

The report aims to quantify, wherever possible, the impact of the prolonged period of dry weather in 2018 on selected pearl mussel (Margaritifera marg...

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Better together: building an engaged conservation paleobiology science for the future.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Dietl, G. P. & Durham, S. R. & Clark, C. & Prado, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Making decisions about natural resource conservation is often difficult because of a lack of longer-term data, which are needed to provide a frame of ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1315 - Life in our Lochs - are there freshwater pearl mussel populations in our lochs as well as our rivers?.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Published by: NatureScot

Authors: O'Leary, D. & Robinson, G. & Cooksley, S. & McDermott, T.

Content type: Reports

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Predictors of outplanted marine bivalve survival in restoration: a review and synthesis.

Published online: 27 Jan 2025

Authors: Overton, K. & Dempster, T. & Swearer, S. E. & Morris, R. L. & Barrett, L. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global declines in marine shellfish have resulted in widespread efforts to restore populations. Previous research has predominantly focused on substra...

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The needles marine conservation zone (MCZ) monitoring report 2018.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Cesar, C.

Content type: Reports

This report is one of a series of Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring reports delivered to Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra...

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Storm resilience of subtidal soft-bottom mussel beds: mechanistic insights, threshold quantification and management implications.

Published online: 08 Apr 2025

Authors: Smit, J. C. de & Zhao, Z. & Capelle, J. J. & Gerkema, T. & Koppel, J. van de & Bouma, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the projected escalation of extreme storm events, coastal ecosystems risk undergoing catastrophic shifts and losing essential ecosystem services....

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Increased sediment deposition triggered by climate change impacts freshwater pearl mussel habitats and metapopulations.

Published online: 26 Oct 2021

Authors: Baldan, D. & Kiesel, J. & Hauer, C. & Jähnig, S. C. & Hein, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera is a benthic organism sensitive to hydrological regime alterations and habitat degradation dri...

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