Recreational boating activity and its impact on the recruitment and survival of the oyster Crassostrea virginica on intertidal reefs in mosquito Lagoon, Florida

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 965-973

  Wall, Lisa M ^a   Walters, Linda J ^a   Grizzle, Raymond E ^b   Sacks, Paul E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Science Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Boat wakes; Canaveral National Seashore; Crassostrea virginica; Eastern oyster; Indian River Lagoon; Larvae; Recreational boating

Indexed keywords

BOATING; MOLLUSC; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECRUITMENT; REEF; SURVIVAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33746890838     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[965:RBAAII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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