Oyster reefs at risk and recommendations for conservation, restoration, and management

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Beck, Michael W ^a   Brumbaugh, Robert D ^b   Airoldi, Laura ^c   Carranza, Alvar ^d   Coen, Loren D ^e   Crawford, Christine ^f   Defeo, Omar ^d   Edgar, Graham J ^f   Hancock, Boze ^g   Kay, Matthew C ^h   Lenihan, Hunter S ^h   Luckenbach, Mark W ⁱ   Toropova, Caitlyn L ^j   Zhang, Guofan ^k   Guo, Ximing ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Faculty of Sciences   (Uruguay)

^e Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation Marine Laboratory   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^j Service Employees International Union   (United States)

^k INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^l RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

fisheries; habitat restoration; marine conservation; oyster reef; shellfish

Indexed keywords

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 79951559732     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.2.5     Document Type: Article

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