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Oysters (Crassostea virginica)
Oysters (Crassostrea virginica)
Laboratory drying oven. Oyster tissue samples are on the bottom shelf and dried at 60 degrees Celcius overnight or until thoroughly dry. Dessicant is on the middle shelf to remove any moisture.
Drying oven
Samples are ground with mortar and pestle
Grinding with mortar and pestle
Oyster shells are cleaned and dried in preparation for larval settling as part of the Oyster Restoration Project and the Horn Point Laboratory oyster hatchery.
Oyster shells for restoration
Oyster shells are cleaned and dried in preparation for setting oyster larvae for restoration, as part of the Oyster Restoration Project in conjunction with the Horn Point Laboratory oyster hatchery.
Oyster shells for restoration
Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) settle on other oyster shells, forming reef structures. These reefs attract other organisms as well, including mussels.
Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
Oysters growing on rocks at Virginia Beach.
Oysters growing on rocks
Both oysters and barnacles grow along this piling in South Carolina
Oysters and barnacles on a piling
Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
Oysters (Crassostrea virginica)
Oyster spat on shell for distribution to oyster gardeners for oyster restoration
Oyster Spat on Shell
Transplanting oysters from Oyster Gardening program to a restoration reef in Chesapeake Bay
Planting oysters onto restoration reef
transporting oysters (Crassostrea virginica) to a restoration reef in Chesapeake Bay
Transporting Oysters
The eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, has been removed from its shell. The forceps point to the adductor muscle, which closes the shell.
Oyster
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) builds reefs as oyster larvae set onto other oyster shells, as seen in this small clump of at least four oysters.
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) growing along rocks at Virginia Beach State Park.
Oysters on rocks
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) sets on other oyster shells, creating reef structures. These reef structures attract other organisms as well, including mussels.
Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
Five eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) have been taken out of their shells for dissection.
Five oysters out of their shell
The eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica has been taken out of its shell. The forceps are pointing to the mantle.
Oyster out of its shell
Oyster shells which will be used for larvae to settle on, as part of the Oyster Recovery Partnership's plan to restore oysters to Chesapeake Bay
Oyster shells
These oysters will be tested for nutrient composition after being left in the coastal bays for 2 months.The two on the right and alive and the one of the left has died.
Oyster Mortality

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