Change in wild-oyster assemblages of Port Stephens, NSW, Australia, since commencement of non-native Pacific oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) aquaculture

• Published in: Marine and Freshwater Research
• Main Authors: Bishop, Melanie J., Krassoi, Fredrick R., McPherson, Ross G., Brown, Kenneth R., Summerhayes, Stephen A., Wilkie, Emma M., O'Connor, Wayne A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Pacific; Port Stephens; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/dbab1b73-c60a-492d-b690-9bb2de6291f6; https://doi.org/10.1071/MF09177; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77954116106&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Proliferation of species introduced for aquaculture can threaten the ecological and economic integrity of ecosystems. We assessed whether the non-native Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, has proliferated, spread and overgrown native Sydney rock oysters, Saccostrea glomerata, in Port Stephens, New S...