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Evaluating Growth Rates of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and Water Quality for Oyster Restoration Sites at City Island, Bronx, NY [PDF]

, 2022
Oyster growth and water quality were monitored at four sites at City Island, Bronx, NY, to determine suitability for oyster reef restoration. Significant growth occurred at two sites and water quality was not indicated as a contributing factor.
Jernigan, Cody L
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Reef design influences habitat provision on a restored oyster reef

Frontiers in Marine Science
Habitat restoration efforts are often limited by cost, making it important that available funds are used efficiently and effectively to achieve desired restoration goals.
Jennifer Beseres Pollack, Monisha Sugla, Natasha J. Breaux, Stacy N. Trackenberg, Terence A. Palmer   +4 more
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A survey assessment of perspectives on geohistorical data among oyster restoration professionals in the United States [PDF]

, 2013
Conservation paleobiology aims to apply data from geohistorical records, such as fossils and their associated sediments, to the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Integrating geohistorical data into conservation/restoration practice,
Durham, Stephen, Dietl, Gregory
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The curious case of eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica stock status in Apalachicola Bay, Florida

Ecology and Society, 2015
The Apalachicola Bay, Florida, eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) industry has annually produced about 10% of the U.S. oyster harvest. Today’s simple individual-operator, hand-tonging, small-vessel fishery is remarkably similar to the one that ...
William E. Pine III, Carl J. Walters, Edward V. Camp, Rachel Bouchillon, Robert Ahrens, Leslie Sturmer, Mark E. Berrigan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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Dynamics of Restored and Natural Oyster Reefs After a Hurricane

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Restoration of shellfish reefs has increased exponentially over the past two decades, due in part to increased awareness of widespread oyster habitat loss.
Meghan J. Martinez, Meghan J. Martinez, Terence A. Palmer, Natasha J. Breaux, Jennifer Beseres Pollack, Jennifer Beseres Pollack   +5 more
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Fine-scale habitat factors linked to density but not distribution of an invasive estuarine predator [PDF]

Aquatic Invasions
The Atlantic oyster drill Urosalpinx cinerea is an introduced predatory gastropod that has negatively impacted Olympia oyster restoration in multiple estuaries on the west coast of the United States.
Jeffrey G. Blumenthal, Andrew L. Chang, Brian S. Cheng, Ellen M. Hines, Leora Nanus, Chela J. Zabin   +5 more
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Oyster Restoration to Recover Ecosystem Services

Annual Review of Marine Science
Oyster reef loss represents one of the most dramatic declines of a foundation species worldwide. Oysters provide valuable ecosystem services (ES), including habitat provisioning, water filtration, and shoreline protection. Since the 1990s, a global community of science and practice has organized around oyster restoration with the goal of restoring ...
Rachel S, Smith, Jessica L, Pruett
openaire   +2 more sources

Greens in Regulation: Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Across the Golf Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although much of the business and biodiversity literature focuses on extractive industries, we turn our attention to the golf industry. Golf courses occupy millions of acres globally, yet biodiversity strategy implementation across the golf industry remains understudied.
Jordan P. Howell, Jordan Moore
wiley   +1 more source

Influencing Factors on Oyster Recruitment and Performance Evaluation for Oyster Reef Restoration in Tianjin Coastal Zones

Oceans
Global oyster reefs have suffered severe degradation due to human activities, environmental pollution, and climate change. The construction of artificial reefs offers a promising strategy to enhance oyster recruitment and mitigate population decline ...
Yuxuan Zhao, Chen Yang, Bo Zhang, Yanping Li, Jianbo Tu, Fuxin Niu, Wenliang Kong, Zhiyun Wang, Xianhua Liu   +8 more
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