Oyster resource zones of the Barataria and Terrebonne estuaries of Louisiana

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1143-1148

  Melancon Jr , Earl ^a   Soniat, Thomas ^a   Cheramie, Vincent ^a,b   Dugas, Ron ^c   Barras, John ^d   Lagarde, Mark ^a,e  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana Dept of Environ Quality   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Louisiana Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal restoration; Crassostrea virginica; Louisiana; Management; Map; Oyster; Wetland loss

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; OYSTER CULTURE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; PERKINSUS MARINUS; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA;

EID: 0344958708     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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