Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Louisiana
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Louisiana Project


Use of Bio-Engineered Reefs for Shoreline Stabilization

May 2008 - April 2012


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While living shorelines have become a valuable tool to stabilize marsh, and enhance fisheries production locally, this project seeks to understand what factors control the ability of the living shoreline to develop long-term sustainable oyster populations, and how reef complexity affects fisheries enhancement.

Presentations Presentation Date
Wang H, Chen Q, La Peyre M, Capurso W., Zhu L. 2024. Ecological and engineering benefits of oyster reef-based living shorelines. ASBPA National Coastal Conference, Galveston Texas August 2024
Theses and Dissertations Publication Date
Humphries, Austin T. 2010. Effects of habitat structural complexity on nekton assemblages: lab and field observations in southern Louisiana. Louisiana State University, MS Thesis. 70pp. July 2010