Ecosystem effects of shell aggregations and cycling in coastal waters: An example of Chesapeake Bay oyster reefs

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 895-903

  Waldbusser, George G ^a   Powell, Eric N ^b,d   Mann, Roger ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkalinity budget; Calcium carbonate cycling; Chesapeake Bay; Oyster reef; Shell budget

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIVALVE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COASTAL WATER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTINCTION; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEF; REGENERATION; SHELL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84876746267     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1179.1     Document Type: Article

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