Taxonomic Details for Crassostrea virginica
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| Common Name: | eastern oyster | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Authority: | (Gmelin, 1791) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITIS TSN: | 79872 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Habitats: | Salinity Zone: Brackish water, Salinity Zone: Marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| GCE Contact: | Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| GCE Data Sets: | INV-GCEM-2304 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2022) INV-GCEM-2204 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2021) INV-GCES-2105 (Long-term Barnacle Settlement Near Creekbank Plots from the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Fall Marsh Monitoring Program) INV-GCEM-2104 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2020) ANT-GCED-2005 (Oyster Paleobiology along the South Atlantic Coast of the United States) (view all 9 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |
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Oyster clump, Sapelo Island, 2016. Photo Steven Pennings
Oyster reef, Sapelo Island, 2016. Photo Steven Pennings
