Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) as an indicator for restoration of Everglades Ecosystems

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Volety, Aswani K ^a   Savarese, Michael ^a   Tolley, S Gregory ^a   Arnold, William S ^b   Sime, Patricia ^c   Goodman, Patricia ^c   Chamberlain, Robert H ^c   Doering, Peter H ^c  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Ecosystem health; Everglades Restoration; Oysters; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ASSOCIATED COMMUNITIES; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; EASTERN OYSTER; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; EVERGLADES RESTORATION; FILTER-FEEDING ORGANISMS; FLORIDA; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; OYSTERS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; REPORT CARDS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUITABILITY INDEX; WATER COLUMNS;

ESTUARIES; HYDROLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; REEFS; RESTORATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVORSHIP; WATER QUALITY;

CALOOSAHATCHEE ESTUARY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 67649631668     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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