Native eelgrass ( Zostera marina L.) survival and growth adjacent to non-native oysters ( Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

• Published in: Botanica Marina
• Main Authors: Kelly, Jennifer R., Volpe, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2007
• Subjects: Plant Science; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• 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

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...