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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
buoys marking oyster biological indicators at a tributary of Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve at low tide along the salt marsh
buoys at low tide
Deploying oyster biological indicators of nitrogen source overboard in Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve System
Deploying oyster bioindicators
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
After being deployed as a biological indicator of nitrogen source, the gills of this oyster were dissected and dried and will be ground for isotope analysis.
Dried oyster gills
Oysters and macroalgae cover the rocks along the Battery in downtown Charleston, South Carolina
Oysters and algae on rocks
Deploying oyster (Crassostrea virginica) biological indicators of nitrogen source in Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve System
Deploying oyster biological indicators
Collecting oyster biological indicators after deployment in Maryland's Coastal Bays.
Collecting oyster biological indicators
A few housing developments can be seen in upstream areas of Monie Creek.
Development along Monie Creek
buoys marking oyster biological indicators of nitrogen source in Little Monie Creek, Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve System.
buoys in Little Monie Creek
Bags holding oysters hang off the Horn Point Laboratory dock under a layer of ice in the Choptank River
Oyster bags under a frozen river
Oyster biological indicator cages have been collected after deployment.
Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Buoy marking oyster biological indicator in Little Monie Creek, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Little Monie Creek
Cages used for deploying oyster biological indicators in Monie Bay component of Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve are collected in the small boat.
Collecting oyster biological indicator buoys
Some cages became very fouled with algae and bryozoans during deployment while others did not. These two cages were deployed at the same location during the same time period.
Fouling of cages for oyster biological indicators
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