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Oyster reef restoration, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia (North 2010)

OPP-F2P8RBpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-F2P8RB

Completed (successful/maintained)
Country
USA

Goal

Technique: Deployment of (old/new) shell as substrate The costs to supply and spread a layer of old oyster shell as site preparation prior to placement of the juvenile oysters were assumed to be US$ 10,745 and US$ 9,670 per acre for sites <16 acres or >16 acres, respectively, and US$ 12,141 per acre for hatchery reared juvenile oysters placed at a density of 1.2 million oyster juveniles per acre. No spatial extent reported.

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