Seagrass beds have declined in Chesapeake Bay, USA as well as worldwide over the past century. Increased seston concentrations, which decrease light penetration, are likely one of themain causes of the decline in ChesapeakeBay. It has been hypothesized that dense populations of suspensionfeeding bivalves, such as eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica), may filter sufficient seston from the wat...

The purpose of breakwaters is to protect the ports, beaches, or beach facilities from strong waves and storms, as they help establish calm inside port thus achieve safety for ships ease operation. This paper presents an experimental numerical study unconventional alternatives vertical breakwater in order evaluate hydrodynamic performance proposed models. Two cases a semi-submerged were selected...

BACKGROUND: The bioengineering technique used in Germany for erosion control includes a relatively low-cost biodegradable breakwater with wetlands located shoreward. The technique has application for shoreline erosion control on many U.S. reservoirs with dense thickets of young, woody trees, e.g. willow, cottonwood, and alder, located near them since these materials are used in the breakwater. ...

A computationally efficient approximate analytical solution based on the classic solution for diffraction about a semi-infinite breakwater, is developed to assess the wave energy shadow down-wave of a single row array of overtopping type wave energy converters approximated as partially transmitting breakwater segments. The approximations associated with the solution are mitigated by a compariso...