Shelving the Coast With Vertipools: Retrofitting Artificial Rock Pools on Coastal Structures as Mitigation for Coastal Squeeze

Coastal squeeze caused by sea level rise threatens the size, type, and quality of intertidal habitats. Along coastlines protected by hard defenses, there is a risk that natural rocky shore habitats will be lost, with the remaining assemblages, characteristic of hard substrata, confined to sea walls...

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Main Authors: Alice E. Hall, Roger J. H. Herbert, J. Robert Britton, Ian M. Boyd, Nigel C. George
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00456/full