Aquaculture is viewed as a potential mechanism to meet the growing demand for seafood
around the world. The future of bivalve shellfish aquaculture in the US hinges on sustainable …

Since the 1960's, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas has been introduced for mariculture at
several locations within NW Europe. The oyster established itself everywhere and expanded …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Bivalves, such as clams and oysters, are species having two-valved shells. In the marine
ecosystem these species play a unique and essential role. This book examines the ecology …

The incidence and intensity of hypoxic waters in coastal aquatic ecosystems has been
expanding in recent decades coincident with eutrophication of the coastal zone. Worldwide …

The relation between organic matter deposition fluxes and benthic community structure is
discussed in the framework of the classical Pearson-Rosenberg paradigm. The importance …

Carrying capacity encompasses a broad collection of approaches used to better understand
biotic interactions in ecosystems and is often applied with no explicit regard to its historical …

This paper gives an overview of interactions betweenbivalve grazing and ecosystem
processes, that mayaffect the carrying capacity of ecosystems for bivalvesuspension …

Oyster farming in estuaries is a globally important industry based primarily around the
Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, for which a common technique is elevated culture on racks …

If we as scientists cannot decide upon what research, monitoring and technical tools should
be used as a basis for policy making and management within the European context, then the …