Quantifying the Loss of a Marine Ecosystem Service: Filtration by the Eastern Oyster in US Estuaries

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-43

  zu Ermgassen, Philine S E ^a   Spalding, Mark D ^a   Grizzle, Raymond E ^b   Brumbaugh, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Estuarine habitat; Historical ecology; Restoration; USA; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPLOITATION; FILTRATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84871462494     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9559-y     Document Type: Article

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