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

• Main Authors: Bishop, MJ, Krassoi, FR, McPherson, RG, Brown, KR, Summerhayes, SA, Wilkie, EM, O'Connor, WA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Marine Biology & Hydrobiology; Pacific; Port Stephens; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13162

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...