🦐As interest and investment in shellfish #aquaculture expands, so has interest in how these farms modify intertidal habitat. Does the complex structure created by shellfish growing provide ecosystem services that are comparable to those of unfarmed areas?
RT @AmFisheriesSoc: Shellfish farms within a larger nearshore habitat mosaic of eelgrass meadows, mudflats, bivalve aquaculture gear, and e…
Great work led by my former MS student Karl Veggerby with colleagues from @NOAAFish_NWFSC
Shellfish farms within a larger nearshore habitat mosaic of eelgrass meadows, mudflats, bivalve aquaculture gear, and edge habitat can provide foraging habitat for several species of nearshore fish. @UW_SAFS @mark_scheuerell photo by @EcologyWA https://t.c