| Title | The demographic consequences of growing older and bigger in oyster populations |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| Authors | Moore, Jacob L., Romuald N. Lipcius, Brandon Puckett, and Sebastian J. Schreiber |
| Secondary Title | Ecological Applications |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pagination | p.2206-2217 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | age composition, aquaculture, bivalves, demographics, fecundity, growth, Hatfield Marine Science Center, mathematical modeling, Molluscan Broodstock Program, molluscs, oysters, Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas, population biology, recruitment, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | Modeling populations of marine animals, particularly animals that reproduce through broadcast spawning, is . . . complicated. In the case of oysters, there is great variation between size and age. For example, larger female oysters can hold more eggs and produce many more young than smaller females, but despite their difference in size, they can be the same age. Older oysters are more susceptible to disease, while younger oysters are more vulnerable to predation. Thus, a good population model must take both age and size into account. “To better understand how population structure, particularly that of age and size, impacts restoration and management decisions, we developed and compared a size-structured integral projection model (IPM) and an age-and size structured IPM, using a population of Crassostrea gigas oysters in the northeastern Pacific Ocean” (from the Abstract). |
| DOI | 10.1002/eap.1374 |
| Series Title | Ecological Applications |
