Corals Meet Oysters: The Optimum Geometric and Chemical Design for Restoration
Worldwide coral reefs and oyster bars are under attack by human generated chemical and physical parameters, ranging from ocean acidification and pollution to tourism and overharvesting. In order to bring back these reefs and bars, a technique that can be scaled up is needed. Current techniques for c...
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ftvaldostateuniv:oai:localhost:10428/4132 2023-05-15T17:51:09+02:00 Corals Meet Oysters: The Optimum Geometric and Chemical Design for Restoration Wilson, W. Taylor Cowan, Matt 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10428/4132 en_US eng https://hdl.handle.net/10428/4132 Presentation 2020 ftvaldostateuniv 2023-01-06T07:23:59Z Worldwide coral reefs and oyster bars are under attack by human generated chemical and physical parameters, ranging from ocean acidification and pollution to tourism and overharvesting. In order to bring back these reefs and bars, a technique that can be scaled up is needed. Current techniques for corals such micro-fragmentation have shown some promise to rejuvenate coral populations but the ability to scale up for a large application are not promising at this point. Oyster restoration now often includes recycle oyster shells from restaurants, cleaning them, placing in perforated plastic bags and deploying them. This approach works on a small scale but has little chance of being scaled up to work along the entire Chesapeake Bay or the Southern coast of Louisiana. At VSU we have developed a material called NEC or Nutrient Enriched Concrete as an economical and green approach for coral and oyster restoration. This presentation will outline current designs for the coast of Georgia and north Florida for oysters and the Florida Keys for corals. Conference Object Ocean acidification Vtext - Scholarly Text and Research at Valdosta State University |
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Worldwide coral reefs and oyster bars are under attack by human generated chemical and physical parameters, ranging from ocean acidification and pollution to tourism and overharvesting. In order to bring back these reefs and bars, a technique that can be scaled up is needed. Current techniques for corals such micro-fragmentation have shown some promise to rejuvenate coral populations but the ability to scale up for a large application are not promising at this point. Oyster restoration now often includes recycle oyster shells from restaurants, cleaning them, placing in perforated plastic bags and deploying them. This approach works on a small scale but has little chance of being scaled up to work along the entire Chesapeake Bay or the Southern coast of Louisiana. At VSU we have developed a material called NEC or Nutrient Enriched Concrete as an economical and green approach for coral and oyster restoration. This presentation will outline current designs for the coast of Georgia and north Florida for oysters and the Florida Keys for corals. |
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Corals Meet Oysters: The Optimum Geometric and Chemical Design for Restoration |
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