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Ideal conditions required for growth of any particular organism vary over scales of time and space. This occurs because the success of a habitat and associated organisms are dependent on a variety of factors. By protecting several replicates of similar habitats in the system, along an environmental gradient, the likelihood increases that at least one habitat will be healthy in any particular year. The life cycle of lobsters shows that just one species needs many connected habitats to survive and reproduce. — Habitat patchwork

Conceptual diagram illustrating the two-layer flow of the Chesapeake Bay and other estuaries, and the sediment influence. — Sediment influence and water clarity

Estuary 2D: continental island and offshore reef

Coastline 2D: estuary to deep reef

Lagoon 2D: closed and stratified

Coastline 2D: sand dune system

Coastline 2D: stepped shoreline with variable…

Mountains 3D: high gradient stream to sandstone…

Salinity gradient

Stream 3D: aquiclude and spring

Stream 3D: springs and perched water table