Guidelines for evaluating performance of oyster habitat restoration should include tidal emersion: Reply to Baggett et al.

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-7

  Walles, Brenda ^a   Fodrie, F Joel ^b   Nieuwhof, Sil ^a   Jewell, Oliver J D ^a   Herman, Peter M J ^a   Ysebaert, Tom ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Institute of Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Crassostrea virginica; Intertidal; Reef performance; Subtidal; Tidal emersion; Vertical zonation

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; REEF; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84954103403     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12328     Document Type: Article

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