Enhancement of subtidal eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, recruitment using mesh bag enclosures

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-318

  O'Beirn, Francis X ^a,c   Walker, Randal L ^a   Heffernan, Peter B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; mesh excluder; oysters; predation; recruitment

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; BIVALVIA;

EASTERN OYSTER; ENHANCEMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MESH BAG; MESH BAG ENCLOSURES; OYSTER CULTURE; RECRUITMENT;

EID: 0029669546     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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