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Localized Placement of Breakwater Reefs Influences Oyster Populations and Their Resilience after Hurricane Harvey

Ecologies, 2022
Populations of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) have been historically declining due to both natural and anthropogenic stressors. In response, oyster reefs have been created with many different approaches.
Marc H. Hanke, Haille Leija, Robert A. S. Laroche, Shailee Modi, Erin Culver-Miller, Rachel Sanchez, Neha Bobby   +6 more
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Oyster aquaculture does not impede spawning beach access for Atlantic horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemus

Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2020
Farms for eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica, which are commonly located along shallow estuarine shores of the eastern USA, use a range of farm equipment and require regular access to care for and harvest oyster livestock.
Munroe, DM, Grothues, TM, Cleary, NE, Daw, J, Estrada, S   +4 more
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De novo reefs: Fish habitat provision by oyster aquaculture varies with farming method

Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2022
Aquaculture industries have the capacity to produce positive ecosystem service benefits, such as the provision of habitat to wild animals. Oyster cultivation is the oldest and largest aquaculture industry in south-eastern Australia. Oyster spat are grown
F Martínez-Baena, BS Lanham, I McLeod, MD Taylor, S McOrrie, MJ Bishop   +5 more
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Functional plasticity in oyster gut microbiomes along a eutrophication gradient in an urbanized estuary

Animal Microbiome, 2021
Background Oysters in coastal environments are subject to fluctuating environmental conditions that may impact the ecosystem services they provide. Oyster-associated microbiomes are responsible for some of these services, particularly nutrient cycling in
Rebecca J. Stevick, Anton F. Post, Marta Gómez-Chiarri   +2 more
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The impacts of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) on epifaunal community structure and eastern oyster recruitment: Implication of using RCA as bottom conditioning material for oyster restoration and aquaculture

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 2020
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is a keystone species in the estuaries of the mid-Atlantic of the United States. Its population experienced drastic declines in the last century due to overfishing, habitat loss, and disease.
Chunlei Fan, Kelton Clark, Nikelene Mclean, Mark Bundy   +3 more
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Drone lidar-derived surface complexity metrics as indicators of intertidal oyster reef condition

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) generate structurally complex reef systems that offer diverse ecosystem services. However, there is limited understanding of how reef structure translates into reef condition.
Michael C. Espriella, Vincent Lecours, Edward V. Camp, H. Andrew Lassiter, Benjamin Wilkinson, Peter C. Frederick, Simon J. Pittman   +6 more
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Overcoming restoration paradigms: value of the historical record and metapopulation dynamics in native oyster restoration

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015
Restoration strategies for native oyster populations rely on multiple sources of information, which often conflict due to time- and space-varying patterns in abundance and distribution.
Romuald N. Lipcius, Russell P. Burke, Russell P. Burke, Danielle N. McCulloch, Sebastian J. Schreiber, David M. Schulte, Rochelle D. Seitz, Jian eShen   +7 more
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Nursery upweller type has minimal impact on subsequent grow-out of Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

Frontiers in Aquaculture, 2023
Demand for oysters in the premium half-shell market drives the need for research to optimize and improve oyster aquaculture production methods. After setting, oysters are typically maintained in nursery upwellers that provide nutrients and oxygen while ...
Andrea M. Tarnecki, Kevin Landry, Scott Rikard   +2 more
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Quantitative validation of a habitat suitability index for oyster restoration

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
Habitat suitability index (HSI) models provide spatially explicit information on the capacity of a given habitat to support a species of interest, and their prevalence has increased dramatically in recent years.
Seth eTheuerkauf, Romuald eLipcius
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Spatial Dynamics of Two Host-Parasite Relationships on Intertidal Oyster Reefs

Diversity, 2021
Intertidal reefs comprised of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) have long experienced habitat loss, altering habitat patch characteristics of size and distance from edge to interior, potentially influencing spatial dynamics of host-parasite ...
Marc H. Hanke, Martin H. Posey, Troy D. Alphin   +2 more
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