Settlement and survival of the oyster crassostrea virginica on created oyster reef habitats in Chesapeake Bay

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-283

  Nestlerode, Janet A ^a,b   Luckenbach, Mark W ^a   O'beirn, Francis X ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Habitat complexity; Oyster reefs

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIVALVE; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE; SPISULA; SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 34249678335     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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