Reconstructing pre-colonial oyster demographics in the Chesapeake Bay, USA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-222

  Mann, Roger ^a   Harding, Juliana M ^a   Southworth, Melissa J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic pelagic coupling; Crassostrea virginica; demographics; Eastern oyster; Oyster reef; restoration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCRETION; BAY; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIVALVE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GROWTH RATE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; RECONSTRUCTION; REEF; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHELL; WATER COLUMN;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 70349807824     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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