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Oyster Reef Filtration Engine

Interactive 3D oyster-reef simulator: watch suspension-feeding bivalves clear suspended algae and sediment from the water column, and see how oyster density, temperature, current speed and sediment loading drive water clarity and reef accretion.

Ecology & Conservation Biology3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

Oyster reefs are the water-treatment plants of an estuary: each animal is a living pump that strains algae and fine sediment out of the water column and binds the leftovers into biodeposits that build the reef upward over time. This simulator models a patch of reef with a real thermal-performance clearance curve and a turbidity mass-balance equation — set the oyster density, water temperature, current speed and how sediment-laden the incoming water is, and watch the water column visibly clear (or stay murky) while the aggregate filtration rate and cumulative shell accretion update live.

⚙ Under the hood

Model a patch of oyster reef whose suspension-feeding bivalves strain algae and sediment from the water column, driven by a real thermal-performance clearance curve and a turbidity mass-balance equation.

oyster reefbioremediationwater filtrationestuaryblue carboncoastal ecology

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install