How to make a sturdy ecosystem? It might be a good idea to design it with a nice regular pattern. Helene de Paoli and Aniek van der Berg showed it makes all the difference when restoring a mussel bed. Their work was published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Link to the paper: http://www.pnas.org.proxy-ub.rug.nl/content/early/2017/06/26/1619203114.abstract

Link to the NIOZ press release (in Dutch): https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/mosselpatronen-blijken-blauwdruk-voor-landschapsherstel-wadplaten