Guidelines for evaluating performance of oyster habitat restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 737-745

  Baggett, Lesley P ^a,b   Powers, Sean P ^a,b   Brumbaugh, Robert D ^c   Coen, Loren D ^d   Deangelis, Bryan M ^c   Greene, Jennifer K ^c   Hancock, Boze T ^c   Morlock, Summer M ^e   Allen, Brian L ^f   Breitburg, Denise L ^g   Bushek, David ^h   Grabowski, Jonathan H ⁱ   Grizzle, Raymond E ^j   Grosholz, Edwin D ^k   La Peyre, Megan K ^l   Luckenbach, Mark W ^m   Mcgraw, Kay A ^e   Piehler, Michael F ⁿ   Westby, Stephanie R ^e   zu Ermgassen, Philine S E ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Puget Sound Restoration Fund   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Criteria; Eastern oyster; Ecosystem services; Monitoring; Olympia oyster; Ostrea lurida; Reefs

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT RESTORATION; MOLLUSC; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REEF; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREA CONCHAPHILA; OSTREA LURIDA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84945454646     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12262     Document Type: Review

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