@mastersthesis {34596, title = {Ecosystem Services Provided by Olympia Oyster (Ostrea lurida) Habitat and Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Habitat; Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister) Production in Willapa Bay, WA}, year = {2012}, note = {"A final report submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Professional Science Master{\textquoteright}s." "Oyster reefs provide an array of ecosystem services. Specifically, they provide structurally complex habitat for fish and invertebrate species such as the commercially important Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister. This ecosystem service, once provided by the native oyster Ostrea lurida, is now provided by the commercially cultured oyster Crassostrea gigas in many estuaries on the U.S west coast. An economic investigation was conducted examining the ecosystem services provided by oyster habitat, common economic valuation theories and techniques, and tradeoffs between oyster restoration and aquaculture expansion. A scientific investigation, comprised of three studies, was also conducted to examine Dungeness crab production as an ecosystem service provided by oyster habitat." (from the Abstract) Major professor was Flaxen Conway.}, pages = {54 p.}, school = {Oregon State University}, edition = {M.S.}, chapter = {Environmental Sciences}, address = {Corvallis, Or.}, keywords = {aquaculture, Coos Bay, Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister). eelgrass = Zostera marina, economics, habitats, natural resources management, Netarts Bay, nutrient cycles, Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila), Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas, sediments, Willapa Bay, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_projects/fj236741w}, author = {Ramsay, Jessica} }