This tank is located at the Oyster Hatchery, at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, Maryland. The Horn Point oyter hatchery produces over five-hundred million oyster larvae for research, educational projects, and oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding rivers.

Oyster Hatchery Tank

This tank is located at the Oyster Hatchery, at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, Maryland. The Horn Point oyter hatchery produces over five-hundred million oyster larvae for research, educational projects, and oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding rivers.

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Author(s)Ben Fertig
Author CompanyIntegration and Application Network
Date Created2007-06-12
AlbumHuman > Management/Restoration
TypePhoto
Dimensions3072 x 2307
Filesize4.3 MB
Number of Downloads228
Filetype(s) JPG
LicenseAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Required AttributionBen Fertig, Integration and Application Network (ian.umces.edu/media-library)