Fish Community Response to Two Subtidal Oyster Restoration Methods in the Mesohaline Chesapeake Bay

Bruce, David G.; Ogburn, Matthew B.; Lazar, John V.; Heggie, Keira

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Fish Community Response to Two Subtidal Oyster Restoration Methods in the Mesohaline Chesapeake Bay

2025
By Bruce, David G. ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Lazar, John V. ; ...
Series: NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-OHC 14

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Personal Author:

Bruce, David G. ; Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Lazar, John V. ; Heggie, Keira
Corporate Authors:

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Habitat Conservation. ; United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Chesapeake Bay Office. ; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OHC (Office of Habitat Conservation)
Description:

In this study, two methods were used to restore oyster habitat in the Little Choptank and Tred Avon Rivers, Maryland: planting hatchery oyster spat-on-shell on existing shell habitat (OysterReef) and constructing three-dimensional reefs from a variety of substrates (SubstrateReef). Baited traps and Dual Frequency Identification Sonar (DIDSON) were used to document community composition and relative abundance of demersal fish and mobile invertebrates on restored reefs and unrestored reference sites before and after restoration.
Keywords:

Fish Utilization Of Oyster Reefs Habitat NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Office Of Habitat Conservation Oyster Restoration
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NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-OHC 14
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/vrd9-ez60
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Technical Memorandum
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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