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William & Mary

2004

Special Reports in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering (SRAMSOE)

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The Development Of A Water Quality Model For Baltimore Harbor, Back River, And The Adjacent Upper Chesapeake Bay, Harry V. Wang, Hui Lui, Kyeong Park May 2004

The Development Of A Water Quality Model For Baltimore Harbor, Back River, And The Adjacent Upper Chesapeake Bay, Harry V. Wang, Hui Lui, Kyeong Park

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Improving Siting And Construction : Criteria For Oyster Reef Restoration, Helen Woods, William J. Hargis Jr., Carl H. Hershner, Pam Mason Jan 2004

Improving Siting And Construction : Criteria For Oyster Reef Restoration, Helen Woods, William J. Hargis Jr., Carl H. Hershner, Pam Mason

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The Chesapeake Bay, named Chesepiooc, the “great shellfish bay,” by the Algonquin speaking native Americans of the region, was once one of the most productive oyster (Crassostrea virginica) producing estuaries in the world. With the advent of canning and the development of the railroad system, huge national and international markets were established for Chesapeake Bay oysters (United States Secretary of the Interior 1866,Wennerston 1981). From 1894 to 1912 annual oyster harvests in Virginia alone ranged from 5 to 7.5 million bushels (Hargis and Haven 1988). Shells from harvested oysters were not replaced on oyster grounds but sold for a variety …