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Medium-term monitoring reveals effects of El Niño Southern Oscillation climate variability on local salinity and faunal dynamics on a restored oyster reef
(PLoS ONE, 2021-08-16)Human activities and regional-scale climate variability drive changes in the ecology of coastal and marine ecosystems. Ecological restoration has emerged as a best-management practice to combat habitat degradation and ... -
Morphological Assessment of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica throughout the Gulf of Mexico
(Wiley Periodicals LLC, 2021-07-03)The eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica is a commercially and ecologically important organism found throughout the western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Morphological differences in shell shape of eastern oysters are ... -
Long-term trends in the response of benthic macrofauna to climate variability in the Lavaca-Colorado Estuary, Texas
(Inter-Research, 2011-08-31)Long-term trends in the response of benthic macrofauna to hydrological conditions were examined in the Lavaca-Colorado Estuary, Texas. Four stations representing a range of salinities in the Lavaca-Colorado Estuary were ... -
A Restoration Suitability Index Model for the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in the Mission-Aransas Estuary, TX, USA
(PLoS ONE, 2012-07-11)Oyster reefs are one of the most threatened marine habitats on earth, with habitat loss resulting from water quality degradation, coastal development, destructive fishing practices, overfishing, and storm impacts. For ... -
Role and Value of Nitrogen Regulation Provided by Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the Mission-Aransas Estuary, Texas, USA
(PLoS ONE, 2013-06-06)Suspension-feeding activities of oysters impart a potentially significant benefit to estuarine ecosystems via reduction of water column nutrients, plankton and seston biomass, and primary productivity which can have a ... -
Ecological structure and function in a restored versus natural salt marsh
(PLoS ONE, 2017-12-19)Habitat reconstruction is commonly employed to restore degraded estuarine habitats and lost ecological functions. In this study, we use a combination of stable isotope analyses and macrofauna community analysis to compare ... -
Oyster growth across a salinity gradient in a shallow, subtropical Gulf of Mexico estuary
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-02-04)An increase in oyster aquaculture as a sustainable method of shellfish production is one response to overharvest and degradation of natural oyster reefs over the past century. Successful aquaculture production requires ... -
Crassostrea virginica dredge efficiency in Texas estuaries
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-11-22)Quantifying and comparing stocks of oysters (Crassostrea virginica) within and among estuaries across the Gulf of Mexico is difficult because the sampling equipment used is either inconsistent among studies, or inefficient. ... -
Long-term changes in contamination and macrobenthic communities adjacent to McMurdo Station, Antarctica
(Science of the Total Environment, 2020-10-08)Improved waste management at McMurdo Station, Antarctica beginning in the 1980s has been followed by decreases in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and metal contamination in the adjacent marine sediments. However, ... -
Response of macrobenthic communities to changes in water quality in a subtropical, microtidal estuary (Oso Bay, Texas)
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-09-18)The influence of nutrient loading and other anthropogenic stressors is thought to be greater in low inflow, microtidal estuaries, where there is limited water exchange. This 11-month study compared spatial changes in ...
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