Rocky shores provide hard, rigid structures that mitigate disturbances to other coastal ecosystems caused by wave action and storm surges. They stabilize inshore sediment and protect in from erosion, support development of islands (by trapping and accumulating sand), mitigate impact of rising sea levels, serve as a buffer during storm events and can additionally serve as substrate for other physical structures, such as coral or oyster reefs (anon., 2005; anon., 2006).
Referenties
- Marine and Coastal Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: A synthesis report based on the findings of the Millennium Ecosystems Assessment, anon., United Nations Environment Programme, 2006.
- Rocky shores, SEQ, anon., The South East Queensland Catchments, 2005.
Zie ook
- Coastal safety and soil retention
- Oyster reefs and coastal protection
- Building with Nature; from concepts to practice
- Building with living nature; conceptual elaboration
- Ecosystem Services of constructed oyster reefs
- Wadden Sea Plan 2010
- The efficiency of oyster reefs on coastal protection areas: Oesterdam case
- Low-Canopy Seagrass Beds Still Provide Important Coastal Protection Services
- Oesterdam sand nourishment - ecological and morphological development of a local sand nourishment
- Establishing vegetated foreshores to increase dike safety along lake shores
