Recruitment patterns of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, along a creek gradient in House Creek, Little Tybee Island, Georgia

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1085-1091

  Moroney, Deborah A ^a   Walker, Randal L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Crassostrea virginica; Fouling; Oysters; Recruitment; Spatfall

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; OYSTER CULTURE; RECRUITMENT; TIDAL INLET;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA;

EID: 0032408777     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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