The sustainability of ecosystem services depends on a firm understanding of both how
organisms provide these services to humans and how these organisms will be altered with a …

Aquaculture is viewed as a potential mechanism to meet the growing demand for seafood
around the world. The future of bivalve shellfish aquaculture in the US hinges on sustainable …

Valuation of ecosystem services can provide evidence of the importance of sustaining and
enhancing those resources and the ecosystems that provide them. Long appreciated only as …

The importance of restoring filter-feeders, such as the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica,
to mitigate the effects of eutrophication (eg in Chesapeake Bay) is currently under debate …

The oyster habitat in the USA is a valuable resource that has suffered significant declines
over the past century. While this loss of habitat is well documented, the loss of associated …

The incidence and intensity of hypoxic waters in coastal aquatic ecosystems has been
expanding in recent decades coincident with eutrophication of the coastal zone. Worldwide …

Enhancing populations of suspension feeding bivalves, particularly the eastern oyster,
Crassostrea virginica, has been proposed as a means of mitigating eutrophication in coastal …

In many coastal areas, marine ecosystems have shifted into contrasting states having
reduced ecosystem services (hereafter called degraded). Such degraded ecosystems may …

More and more studies are demonstrating that populations of animals‐from herbivores to top
predators, vertebrates and invertebrates‐are limited by their food, and that the availability of …

Dramatic declines in populations of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica are a symptom
of degradation in many US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico estuaries. We sampled 94 oyster …