The curious case of eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica stock status in Apalachicola Bay, Florida

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Pine, William E ^a   Walters, Carl J ^b   Camp, Edward V ^a   Bouchillon, Rachel ^a   Ahrens, Robert ^a   Sturmer, Leslie ^a   Berrigan, Mark E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Applied Aquaculture LLC

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Apalachicola; Harvest management; Oysters; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING INDUSTRY; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOLLUSC; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK COLLAPSE;

APALACHICOLA BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84943138693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07827-200346     Document Type: Article

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