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The Status Of Virginia’S Public Oyster Resource 2020, Melissa Southworth, Roger L. Mann
The Status Of Virginia’S Public Oyster Resource 2020, Melissa Southworth, Roger L. Mann
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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) monitors recruitment of the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791), annually from late spring through early fall, by deploying spatfall[1] (settlement and recruitment of larval oysters to the post metamorphic form termed spat) collectors (shellstrings) at various sites in three Virginia western Chesapeake Bay tributaries. The survey provides an estimate of a particular area’s potential for receiving a "strike" or settlement (set) of oysters on the bottom and helps describe the timing of recruitment events in a given year. Information obtained from this monitoring effort provides an overview of long-term recruitment …
Center For Coastal Resources Management Annual Report 2020, Center For Coastal Resources Management
Center For Coastal Resources Management Annual Report 2020, Center For Coastal Resources Management
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