Climate change, precipitation and impacts on an estuarine refuge from disease.

Oysters play important roles in estuarine ecosystems but have suffered recently due to overfishing, pollution, and habitat loss. A tradeoff between growth rate and disease prevalence as a function of salinity makes the estuarine salinity transition of special concern for oyster survival and restorat...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey Levinton, Michael Doall, David Ralston, Adam Starke, Bassem Allam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3084236?pdf=render

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