An Estimation of the Possible Migration Path of the Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Along the Northern Coast of Patagonia

• Published in: Estuaries and Coasts
• Main Authors: Wörner, Stefania, Dragani, Walter Cesar, Echevarría, Emilio Roque, Carrasco, Mauro Fabián, Baron, Pedro Jose
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: LONGSHORE CURRENT; MIGRATION PATH; PACIFIC OYSTER CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; SOUTHERN COAST OF BUENOS AIRES; SWAN MODEL; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Pacific; Argentina; Armada Argentina; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/88325

In 1981, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas was illegally introduced for aquaculture purposes in San Blas Bay located on the southern coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The presence and colonization of oysters north of Río Negro Province, 100 km to the southwest of San Blas Bay...