Oyster farming is one of the oldest forms of aquaculture and oysters are farmed around the
globe. As with aquaculture in general, oyster aquaculture production has increased rapidly …

Our understanding of how ecosystems function has changed from an equilibria-based view
to one that recognizes the dynamic, fluctuating, nonlinear nature of aquatic systems. This …

The Apalachicola Bay, Florida, eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) industry has annually
produced about 10% of the US oyster harvest. Today's simple individual-operator, hand …

This study investigates long-term appraisals of community recovery after a major
environmental disaster. Specifically, we conducted a survey of 351 individuals living in …

A broad range of extreme events can affect fisheries catch and hence performance. Using a
compiled database of extreme events for all maritime countries in the world between 1950 to …

Social-ecological resilience is defined by Brian Walker and colleagues as “the capacity of a
social-ecological system (SES) to absorb disturbances and reorganize while undergoing …

The collapse of oyster populations and the fisheries they support has been a worldwide
phenomenon, but studies of oyster demography in situ prior to and after the collapse have …

The oyster reef restoration has raised concerns worldwide due to the advantage of
alleviating eutrophication and other ecosystem services. The necessary prerequisite for …

Structural habitats support high biodiversity by providing refuge, forage resources, and
recruitment habitat that upwardly influence the broader faunal community structure …

Populations of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) have experienced declines from
overfishing and disease throughout much of its US range, though development of maximum …