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A repository of data, publications, tools, and other products from project teams, Science Collaborative program, and partners.

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Thesis or Dissertation |
Environmental Effects on Cultured Oyster Crassostrea virginica: Implications for Filtration Capacity and Production

This thesis represents the first study to examine a full individual energy budget for the triploid Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, with implications for shellfish aquaculture in the southeastern United States.

Journal Article |
Wood traits and tidal exposure mediate shipworm infestation and biofouling in southeastern U.S. estuaries

This experimental study by Ada Bersoza Hernández and Christine Angelini informs the design of more durable wooden stabilization structures in coastal environments.

Thesis or Dissertation |
Characterizing Microbial Contaminants Flowing into Taylor’s Creek, North Carolina

This is a Senior Honors Thesis written by Kinsey Fischer, an advisee of Rachel Noble. This study was conducted as part of a 2016 - 2020 collaborative research project about stormwater impacts in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Thesis or Dissertation |
Human and Environmental Well-being in Alaska’s Kachemak Bay Watershed: An Ecosystem Services Assessment

This 2019 report describes the findings of a University of Michigan SEAS Master's project which provides insights for KBNERR regarding current ecosystem services valued in Kachemak Bay using a socio-cultural, place-based, ecosystem services framework.

Journal Article |
Advancing Knowledge for Use in Coastal and Estuarine Management: Competitive Research in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System

This paper, published in Coastal Management, reviews how the National Estuarine Research Reserve System ’s funding program evolved over the past two decades to improve how researchers and users of research work together to increase the uptake of science to achieve resource management and conservation goals.

Collections |
Collection: Living Shorelines
This collection features living shorelines work completed by project teams from 2015-2019. The collection includes a detailed management brief narrative, an infographic showing different shoreline stabilization strategies and how they vary across locations in order to suit the conditions present, and a webinar recording from a panel discussion on April 11, 2019.
Journal Article |
Mitigating Erosional Effects Induced by Boat Wakes with Living Shorelines

This article, published in Sustainability in 2018, characterizes the boat wake climate in Florida's Intracoastal Waterway, assesses the area's bathymetry, and anticipates the effects of experimental living shorelines (natural breakwall and oyster restoration structures) on facilitating sediment deposition and slowing vegetation retreat.

Journal Article |
Aligning Climate Change Adaptation Planning with Adaptive Governance: Lessons from Exeter, NH

This article describes a 2013 Collaborative Research project in Exeter, NH that studied adaptive governance and climate change adaptation planning by evaluating stakeholder involvement in a local institutional setting.

Thesis or Dissertation |
Modeling the Attenuation of Surge, Current, and Wave by Vegetation in Coastal Waters

This dissertation was written by PhD student working at Hudson River Reserve on a project that assessed the buffering services of a coastal marsh in New York.

Journal Article |
Assessing Tidal Marsh Resilience to Sea Level Rise at Broad Geographic Scales with Multi-metric Indices

This paper, published in Biological Conservation, describes an innovative approach developed by the NERRS to evaluate the ability of tidal marshes to thrive as sea levels rise.