DNA methylation modulates transcriptional noise in response to elevated pCO2in the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) DOI Creative Commons
Yaamini R. Venkataraman, Ariana S. Huffmyer, Samuel J. White

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bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 8, 2024

Ocean acidification significantly affects marine calcifiers like oysters, warranting the study of molecular mechanisms DNA methylation that contribute to adaptive plasticity in response environmental change. However, a consensus has not been reached on extent which modules gene expression, and turn plasticity, invertebrates. In this study, we investigated impact pCO 2 expression eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica . After 30-day exposure control (572 ppm) or elevated (2,827 ppm), whole genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) RNA-Seq data were generated from adult female gonad tissue male sperm samples. Although differentially methylated loci (DML) identified females (89) males (2,916), there no expressed genes, only one transcript females. body impacted other forms activity sperm, such as maximum number transcripts per changes predominant expressed. Elevated increased variability (transcriptional noise) but decreased noise females, suggesting sex-specific role regulation. Functional annotation genes with transcript-level containing DML revealed several enriched biological processes potentially involved response, including apoptotic pathways signal transduction, well reproductive functions. Taken together, these results suggest may regulate maintain homeostasis conditions could play key resilience

Language: Английский

Reviving shellfish reef socio-ecological histories for modern management and restoration DOI Creative Commons
B. Martin, Charlie Huveneers, Simon Reeves

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Ocean & Coastal Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 261, P. 107540 - 107540

Published: Jan. 13, 2025

Language: Английский

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Meta‐analysis of ecosystem services associated with oyster restoration DOI Creative Commons
Rachel S. Smith, Selina Cheng, Max C. N. Castorani

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Conservation Biology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 37(1)

Published: June 10, 2022

Restoration of foundation species promises to reverse environmental degradation and return lost ecosystem services, but a lack standardized evaluation across projects limits understanding recovery, especially in marine systems. Oyster reefs are restored massive global declines reclaim valuable the success these has not been systematically comprehensively quantified. We synthesized data on services associated with oyster restoration from 245 pairs degraded 136 reference 3500 km U.S. Gulf Mexico Atlantic coastlines. On average, was 21-fold increase production (mean log response ratio = 3.08 [95% confidence interval: 2.58-3.58]), 34-97% enhancement habitat provisioning community abundance 0.51 [0.41-0.61], mean richness 0.29 [0.19-0.39], biomass 0.69 [0.39-0.99]), 54% more nitrogen removal 0.43 [0.13-0.73]), 89-95% greater sediment nutrients 0.67 [0.27-1.07]) organic matter 0.64 [0.44-0.84]) relative habitats. Moreover, matched for services. Our results support continued expanded use enhance coastal systems match many functions provided by reefs.

Language: Английский

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Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems DOI Creative Commons
Ruth H. Thurstan, Hannah McCormick, Joanne Preston

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Nature Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi‐disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications DOI Creative Commons
Vincent Mouchi, C. Fred T. Andrus, António Checa

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Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 29, 2025

Abstract Oysters inhabit a variety of coastal and deep‐sea settings over wide latitudinal range have role as ecosystem engineers. They also represent an important food source for humans since hunter‐gatherer times, which motivates interest in using oyster shells environmental life history archives. Still, oysters often been disregarded sclerochronology studies, although several methods based on both microtextural geochemical approaches successfully investigated. We review how these used to improve interpretations shell records, we identify knowledge gaps disciplines. Those include ecology study larval dispersal growth rates; archaeology determine midden constructions site occupations; palaeoenvironmental palaeoclimate reconstructions from tidal annual timescales. suggest standardizing procedures biophysical models dispersal.

Language: Английский

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Characterization of three plastic forms: Plasticoncrete, plastimetal and plastisessiles DOI Creative Commons
Julius A. Ellrich, Sonja M. Ehlers, Shunji Furukuma

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 895, P. 165073 - 165073

Published: June 22, 2023

Plastic forms, including plastiglomerate, pyroplastic, plasticrusts, anthropoquinas, plastistone and plastitar, were recorded worldwide. These plastic forms derive from geochemical or geophysical interactions such as heat-induced fusion with rock in campfires, incomplete combustion, water motion-driven abrasion the rocky intertidal zone, deposition hardened sediments bonding tar. Thereby, these can profoundly influence fate of plastics environment. This study characterized three novel (plasticoncrete, plastimetal plastisessiles) discovered on Helgoland island (North Sea). Plasticoncrete consisted common polyethylene (PE) polypropylene (PP) fibers concrete. Plastimetal included PE rusted metal. Plastisessiles attached to benthic substrates by sessile invertebrates (oysters polychaetes). are first composed two man-made materials. show that not only result human- environment-mediated but also biological between plastic. All (bulk density ≥ 1.4 g/cm3) sunk during floating tests hardly changed their positions a 13-day field experiment 153- 306-day monitorings, indicating local formation, limited mobility longevity. Still, experimentally detached floated, confirming formation influences Furthermore, showed plasticoncrete got deposited beach sand under wavy windy conditions, coastal waves onshore winds drive sediments. We provide records Mallorca (Mediterranean Sea) Hikoshima (Sea Japan), respectively, which no phenomena. our contributes growing fundamental knowledge is essential understand role pollutants habitats

Language: Английский

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Enhanced but highly variable biodiversity outcomes from coastal restoration: A global synthesis DOI
Michael Sievers, Rod M. Connolly, Kimberly A. Finlayson

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One Earth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(4), P. 623 - 634

Published: April 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Advances in Global Oyster Reef Restoration: Innovations and Sustainable Ecological Approaches DOI Open Access

Asad Jamil,

Ambreen Ahmad,

Yong Zhao

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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(22), P. 9795 - 9795

Published: Nov. 10, 2024

Oysters have been recognized as ecological engineers for aquatic ecosystems, oyster reefs provide critical habitats and foraging locations other marine species. In the past few decades, anthropogenic activities negatively impacted reef ecosystems across globe, resulting in a significant decline their population. This review critically examines causes extent of degradation, well effectiveness restoration initiatives employed to reverse this decline. Furthermore, evaluates strategies rehabilitate reefs. Different approaches, such genetic improvement, suitable site selection, seeding enhance restorations, are reviewed paper. some advanced approaches 3D printing, shell recycling, acoustics technologies also discussed paper, which opens new doors researchers field ecology. Challenges barriers hindering successful addressed, including financial constraints, regulatory complexities, public engagement. The findings insights presented herein contribute growing body knowledge on ecology serve valuable resource policymakers, scientists, conservation practitioners seeking effective restoring these vital coastal ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Ecological reef restoration: consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators and European oysters DOI Creative Commons
Julius A. Ellrich,

Clemens Kozian-Fleck,

Markus Brand

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Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Jan. 22, 2025

Oyster reefs are biodiversity hotspots with multiple ecosystem functions and services that declining worldwide. Historic populations of European oysters ( Ostrea edulis ) have been decimated by overfishing nowadays considered functionally extinct in waters. To halt reverse the associated loss, oyster reef restoration was implemented into marine conservation measures several projects started across Europe. Following ecological standards, it is crucial to identify reef-associated predators predator-prey interactions influencing recovery as can control prey populations. Therefore, this study examined consumptive nonconsumptive among common North Sea predators, brown crabs Cancer pagurus lobsters Homarus gammarus ), on Helgoland island (German Bight, Sea) for first time. Field surveys monitorings offshore pilot experimental seafloor areas showed (i) crabs, co-occur these subtidal environments (ii) interact each other. Manipulative experiments indicated (iii, iv) both consume oysters, (v) medium-sized large safe from (vi) relatively lobsters. They also found (vii) presence mussels Mytilus spp.), an alternative more profitable prey, (viii) formation larger heavier clumps, difficult handle, reduce predation oysters. Furthermore, they (ix) crab conspecifics (x) natural abundances nonconsumptively limit consumption through intimidation mediated (xi) crab- (xii) lobster-released waterborne predator cues detected which indicates naturally underlying mechanisms regulating limiting Thereby, provides fundamental knowledge essential understand facilitate restoration.

Language: Английский

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Planning for success but facing uncertainty: lessons learned from a native oyster, Ostrea lurida, restoration project in the Salish Sea DOI Creative Commons

James T. McArdle,

Julie S. Barber,

Sarah Grossman

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Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Jan. 22, 2025

Overexploitation and degradation of water quality nearly depleted Olympia oyster stocks in Puget Sound, Washington, USA by the early 1900s. With an intended goal creating self-sustaining populations a target region Swinomish Indian Tribal Community began reestablishing oysters at two different sites, Kiket Lone Tree, from 2015-2017. One our primary objectives was to quantify biological successes or failures reestablished populations. Our results provide guide for evolution project-specific, evidence-based restoration plans that could allow further use adaptive management conservation aquaculture. Following creation experimental plots beds across sites using 735 m² shell habitat, including 245 seeded cultch, we measured temporal change length density as proxies growth, recruitment, survival. Significant growth observed each year lagoon. Despite known presence brooding competent larvae region, found no evidence recruitment either site through six years monitoring. Survival decreased significantly site. Thus, while reproduction, are not meeting success metrics survival therefore hindering chances long-term success. We hypothesize efforts hampered relatively small population size within restored areas, insufficient amounts appropriate surrounding lower residence time. study suggests managers need consistently monitor projects due site-specific differences determine if local failure is possibility. Low do necessitate termination projects. However, these measurements suggest like ours consider expanding aquaculture tool employing developing implementing novel strategies increase naturally-occurring adult available habitat.

Language: Английский

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Progress and challenges of multi-habitat marine restoration in the eastern Aegean Sea, Türkiye DOI Creative Commons
Zafer Kızılkaya, Ezgi Saydam, Katherine E. Walker

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npj Ocean Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 4(1)

Published: April 13, 2025

Language: Английский

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