Early Life History of a Restored Olympia Oyster (Ostrea Lurida) Population

• Main Authors: Emm, Jefferson, Hunter, Rosa, Hintz, Megan, Becker, Bonnie, Hatch, Marco
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2016
• Subjects: Keywords: Olympia oysters; Ostrea lurida; restoration; Salish Sea; recruitment; mollusk; shellstrings; Marine Biology; Natural Resources and Conservation; Baja; Pacific; The Beaches; Pacific oyster; Alaska
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2016ssec/protection_remediation_restoration/17

Olympia oysters (Ostrea lurida) are a bed-forming oyster and the only oyster native to the west coast spanning from Baja, Mexico to Alaska. A combination of oil spills, waterfront development, and mismanagement has resulted in the local extirpation of Olympia oysters in Fidalgo Bay, Washington. Rest...