Impacts of Oyster Reef Restoration on Primary Productivity and Nutrient Dynamics in Tidal Creeks of the North Central Gulf of Mexico

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1355-1364

  Plutchak, Rochelle ^a,b,c   Major, Kelly ^b   Cebrian, Just ^a,b   Foster, C Drew ^a,b   Miller, Mary Elizabeth C ^a,b   Anton, Andrea ^a,b   Sheehan, Kate L ^a,b   Heck Jr , Kenneth L ^a,b   Powers, Sean P ^a,b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Ecosystem services; Filter feeders; Oyster reef; Restoration; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FILTER FEEDER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REEF; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TIDAL CHANNEL; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DAUPHIN ISLAND; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 77957672439     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9327-9     Document Type: Article

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