On the edge: assessing fish habitat use across the boundary between Pacific oyster aquaculture and eelgrass in Willapa Bay, Washington, USA

• Main Authors: Muething, Kelly A., Tomàs, Fiona, Waldbusser, George, Dumbauld, Brett R.
• Other Authors: Department of Agriculture (US), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US), Agricultural Research Foundation, Oregon State University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter Research 2020
• Subjects: Oyster aquaculture; Eelgrass; Habitat; Edge effects; Pacific; Saltonstall; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster; Cris
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/238631; https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00381; https://doi.org/10.13039/100000199; https://doi.org/10.13039/100000192

Estuaries are subject to diverse anthropogenic stressors, such as shellfish aquaculture, which involve extensive use of estuarine tidelands. Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas aquaculture is a century-old practice in US West Coast estuaries that contributes significantly to the regional culture and ec...