Comments on: What we are doing on the reefs

By: Oyster Study: Year Two, Under Way in a Big Way |

Oyster Study: Year Two, Under Way in a Big Way | — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:12:25 +0000

[...] (described in detail by David earlier) to kick off year two. It’s a far cry from last May,when we saw David, by himself, figure out how he was even going to get to the sites. He and his crew are [...]

By: Day 5: October Oyster Push- A Change of Plans |

Day 5: October Oyster Push- A Change of Plans | — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:14:31 +0000

[...] a major part of this study, and david is happy to get started on it just five months after that first day in Alligator Harbor. And it’s still early enough in this three year study that they can tweak the experiment [...]

By: Enjoy Them While You Can «

Enjoy Them While You Can « — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:56:26 +0000

[...] Gulf oyster reefs retain their abundance and quality. When we accompanied David Kimbro on the first day of his study in Alligator Harbor, the scientist who had been studying reefs in North Carolina and [...]

By: John Carroll

John Carroll — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:58:32 +0000

I have followed this work for some time. I think these projects are very important for the overall understanding of benthic ecology – and not just for oyster reefs. Obviously, oysters provide a biogenic habitat AND countless ecosystem services, but other bivalves are similarly affected by these interactions – some which are important economically and others which are more important ecologically. Keep up the good work, I look forward to reading more about this work.