Status of the Sydney rock oyster in a disease-afflicted estuary: Persistence of wild populations despite severe impacts on cultured counterparts

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-276

  Wilkie, Emma M ^a   Bishop, Melanie J ^a   O'Connor, Wayne A ^b   McPherson, Ross G ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Hornsby Shire Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

bivalve; intertidal; invasive species; rocky shore.

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; OYSTER CULTURE; PERSISTENCE; PROTOZOAN; ROCKY SHORE; SEASONALITY; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; HAWKESBURY ESTUARY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84875335975     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF13010     Document Type: Article

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