Toward design criteria in constructed oyster reefs: Oyster recruitment as a function of substrate type and tidal height

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 387-395

  O'Beirn, Francis X ^a   Luckenbach, Mark W ^a   Nestlerode, Janet A ^a   Coates, Gregory M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Habitat restoration; Intertidal; Oyster; Recruitment substrate; Virginia

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT; REEF; SHELLFISH;

BIVALVIA; SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 0033841699     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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