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Mangroves and oyster reefs in the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida.
Mangroves and oyster reefs
Hauling up a lick of oysters from 7 foot knoll.
Dredging for Oysters
Oyster dredge aboard the R/V Aquarius
Oyster dredge
Oysters (Crassostea virginica)
Oysters (Crassostrea virginica)
Oysters deployed as biological indicators of nitrogen source were dried and then ground for stable nitrogen isotope analysis. Muscle tissue is on the left, gills are in the middle, and mantle tissues are on the right.
Ground oyster tissue
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 biological indicators are deployed in mesh cages that will be suspended 0.5 meters above the bottom by the white buoys and anchored by the bricks.
Cages for deploying oyster biological indicators
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
Assembled gear to deploy oyster biological indicators. Cages will hold the oysters and will be suspended 0.5 meters above the bottom by the buoys and anchored by the bricks.
Cages for deploying oyster biological indicators
Both oysters and barnacles grow along this piling in South Carolina
Oysters and barnacles on a piling
Oysters in bags hang off the side of the Horn Point Laboratory dock on the Choptank River on the Chesapeake Bay
Sitting off the dock on the Bay
These oyster biological indicators were collected after deployment in a tributary of Monie Bay. One set had a greenish tinge, while the other did not, even though both sets were deployed at the same site.
Collected oysters
Oysters growing on rocks near marsh and shore.
Oysters growing along rocks
A Taylor float is used for Oyster Gardening for oyster restoration. The PVC tubing allows these oysters to grow near the surface of the water, above water that is potentially hypoxic (with little oxygen) or anoxic (no oxygen).
Taylor float for oyster gardening
Oyster Gardeners in various communities participate in Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts through the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) by growing oysters over nine months for transplantation to oyster restoration reefs throughout Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Oyster Gardening
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)
Oysters are placed in cages which are suspended by buoys and anchored with bricks.
Cages for oyster biological indicators
The oysters in this cage are being deployed as biological indicators of nitrogen source. They will be suspended 0.5 meters above the bottom by the white buoy.
Oyster biological indicators
A golf course is adjacent to hardened shoreline in Ocean Pines, Maryland. An Oyster Gardener grows oysters in a Taylor float nearby (foreground).
Golf course at Ocean Pines
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