Temporal variation in development of ecosystem services from oyster reef restoration

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-44

  La Peyre, Megan K ^a   Humphries, Austin T ^a,b   Casas, Sandra M ^a   La Peyre, Jerome F ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services, Crassostrea virginica; Fish production; Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico; Oyster reef ecology; Restoration; Sustainability; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FISH PRODUCTION; GULF OF MEXICO; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHORELINE STABILIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLLUSCS; RESTORATION; SHELLFISH; STABILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

REEFS;

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; COASTAL PROTECTION; CORAL REEF; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FILTRATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NEKTON; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891316259     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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