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, M J, Krassoi, F R, McPherson, R G, Brown, K R, Summerhayes, S A, Wilkie, E M, O'Connor, W A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: C S I R O Publishing 2010
• Subjects: FoR multidisciplinary; abundance; aquaculture; biofouling; bivalve; estuarine dynamics; invasive species; larva; mangrove; predator; rocky shore; Australia; New South Wales; Port Stephens; crassostrea gigas; ostreidae; saccostrea glomerata; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF09177

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...