@mastersthesis {51456,
	title = {Characterization of Ecosystem Structure and Function Recovery within the NOAA MOC-P Mitigation Basin, Newport, Oregon},
	year = {2013},
	note = { The native seagrass Zostera marina plays a vital role in Oregon estuaries, producing oxygen and organic matter, trapping sediment, offering forage to waterfowl and giving shelter and habitat to many species. When the NOAA Marine Operations Center {\textendash} Pacific (MOC-P) was moved to Newport, it was necessary to dredge the bay to put in new docks for NOAA research vessels. In the process, a .68 acre eelgrass bed was destroyed. To mitigate this damage, the original eelgrass was replanted in a new site, in an attempt to re-establish the bed nearby. In this thesis, the author compares the new site to two nearby reference sites, noting ecological diversity, sediments and species abundance through the year. {\textquotedblleft}The re-planted eelgrass bed within the NOAA MOC-P mitigation area was not observed to be a failed ecosystem during this study, but rather an expanding eelgrass bed that was adequately performing the functions associated with eelgrass ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest.{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract).  Nicely written. The major professor was Sarah K. Henkel.},
	pages = {83 p,},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.S.},
	chapter = {College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. Marine Resource Management},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {ecosystem health, eelgrass = Zostera marina, general ecosystem description, geographic distribution, Hatfield Marine Science Center, mitigation, Port of Newport, sediments, species composition, species list, temporal distribution, theses, Yaquina Bay},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/v118rh33k},
	author = {Lewis, Nate S.}
}
