Silverhead was added to the Marine Shore after a test showed isopods consumed it much faster than beach grass. The plant could pull nutrients from the soil and make them available at the surface, while grass still helped stabilize the shoreline and build a slower organic layer.

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Marine Shore Context
Beach Pillbug Context

Beach Pillbug/woodlouse remains consumer context for Silverhead breakdown.

Woodlouse Context

Woodlouse/beach pillbug remains consumer context for Silverhead breakdown.

Fiddler crab remains shoreline sediment context.