Native eelgrass ( Zostera marina L.) survival and growth adjacent to non-native oysters ( Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia
Abstract We investigated effects of the introduced Pacific oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) on native eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) health on Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada. Oysters physically alter their environment by increasing habitat complexity and altering water flow, and possibly by causin...
Published in: | Botanica Marina |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
2007
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot.2007.017 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/BOT.2007.017/xml https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/BOT.2007.017/pdf |