How an oyster reef changes moving water
An oyster reef is a rough, living ridge. Waves, tides and sediment meet it differently at the crest, in its gaps and behind it, with effects that change as water rises and oysters grow.
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The sediment budget of a living shoreline
A planted shore survives by more than holding its edge. Its marsh needs a continuing balance of incoming, trapped and lost sediment, measured across the whole coastal margin.