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Auteurs principaux: Frempong-Manso, Acacia, Van de Riet, Keith, Cooke, Steven J
Format: Artículo científico
Langue:en
Publié: Environmental management 2025
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author Frempong-Manso, Acacia
Van de Riet, Keith
Cooke, Steven J
author_facet Frempong-Manso, Acacia
Van de Riet, Keith
Cooke, Steven J
Frempong-Manso, Acacia
Van de Riet, Keith
Cooke, Steven J
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Bio-Inspired Designs for Conservation Gains in Hardened Freshwater Shorelines. Frempong-Manso, Acacia Van de Riet, Keith Cooke, Steven J Conservation of Natural Resources Fresh Water Ecosystem Biodiversity Concrete walls and metal or vinyl sheet pilings are commonly used in freshwater systems, including lakes and rivers. Such hardened shorelines are used as a means of reclaiming land for development or as erosion control measures and are typically flat surfaces void of structural complexity. Natural systems, however, have high levels of habitat complexity that yield high volumes of surface area and interstitial space that can be used for refuge, feeding, or other important ecological functions by diverse freshwater organisms. Over the last few decades, there have been innovations in marine systems where hardened shorelines are being augmented by bio-inspired sea walls that include features (ranging from holes and crevasses to simulated mangrove prop roots) to achieve conservation gains for marine life. Freshwater biodiversity is in crisis, with habitat loss and degradation representing one of the most significant drivers of decline. Drawing on lessons learned from similar initiatives in marine environments, new pilot-stage work in freshwater systems have started investigating ways to integrate habitat complexity into hardened shorelines. These interventions offer a promising opportunity to improve conservation in landscapes that has been altered. This paper summarizes the extent of hardened shoreline use in freshwater systems and its contribution to the freshwater biodiversity crisis, presents a case study to develop, deploy, and test alternative structures (embracing learnings from the marine realm), and identifies practical considerations and research needs that must be overcome for such efforts to be widely embraced.
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spellingShingle Bio-Inspired Designs for Conservation Gains in Hardened Freshwater Shorelines.
Frempong-Manso, Acacia
Van de Riet, Keith
Cooke, Steven J
Conservation of Natural Resources
Fresh Water
Ecosystem
Biodiversity
Bio-Inspired Designs for Conservation Gains in Hardened Freshwater Shorelines. Frempong-Manso, Acacia Van de Riet, Keith Cooke, Steven J Conservation of Natural Resources Fresh Water Ecosystem Biodiversity Concrete walls and metal or vinyl sheet pilings are commonly used in freshwater systems, including lakes and rivers. Such hardened shorelines are used as a means of reclaiming land for development or as erosion control measures and are typically flat surfaces void of structural complexity. Natural systems, however, have high levels of habitat complexity that yield high volumes of surface area and interstitial space that can be used for refuge, feeding, or other important ecological functions by diverse freshwater organisms. Over the last few decades, there have been innovations in marine systems where hardened shorelines are being augmented by bio-inspired sea walls that include features (ranging from holes and crevasses to simulated mangrove prop roots) to achieve conservation gains for marine life. Freshwater biodiversity is in crisis, with habitat loss and degradation representing one of the most significant drivers of decline. Drawing on lessons learned from similar initiatives in marine environments, new pilot-stage work in freshwater systems have started investigating ways to integrate habitat complexity into hardened shorelines. These interventions offer a promising opportunity to improve conservation in landscapes that has been altered. This paper summarizes the extent of hardened shoreline use in freshwater systems and its contribution to the freshwater biodiversity crisis, presents a case study to develop, deploy, and test alternative structures (embracing learnings from the marine realm), and identifies practical considerations and research needs that must be overcome for such efforts to be widely embraced.
title Bio-Inspired Designs for Conservation Gains in Hardened Freshwater Shorelines.
topic Conservation of Natural Resources
Fresh Water
Ecosystem
Biodiversity
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41326860/