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Publications - Oyster Stock Assessment (Patent Tong)

  • Harding, J.M., Mann, R, Southworth, M.J., & Wesson, J.A.  2010. Management of the Piankatank River, Virginia in support of oyster (Crassostrea virginica, Gmelin 1791) fishery repletion. Journal of Shellfish Research. 29(4): 1-22. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/389/
  • Southworth, M., Harding, J.M., Wesson, J.A. & R. Mann.  2010. Oyster (Crassostrea virginica; Gmelin 1791) population dynamics on public reefs in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research. 29(2):271-290. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/391/
  • Mann, R., Harding, J.M. and M. Southworth. 2009. Reconstructing pre-colonial oyster demographics in the Chesapeake Bay, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 85:217-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.08.004
  • Mann, R., Southworth, M.J., Harding, J.M. & Wesson, J.A.  2009. Population studies of the native oyster, Crassostrea virginica, (Gmelin, 1791) in the James River, Virginia, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research. 28(2): 193-220. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/405/
  • Harding, J.M., R. Mann and M. Southworth. 2008. Shell length at age relationships in James River oysters (Crassostrea virginica) collected four centuries apart. Journal of Shellfish Research. 27(5):1109-1115. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/407/
  • Mann, R., Southworth, M.J., Harding, J.M. & J. Wesson  2004. A comparison of dredge and patent tongs for estimation of oyster populations. Journal of Shellfish Research. 23(2): 387-390. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/461/
  • Mann, R. & D. Evans 1998. Estimation of oyster, Crassostrea virginica, standing stock, larval production, and advective loss in relation to observed recruitment in the James River, Virginia. Journal of Shellfish Research. 17: 239-253. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/495/
  • Mann, R. & J. Wesson, 1997. Fishery independent standing stock surveys of oyster populations in Virginia. Final report submitted to the NOAA/Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, Annapolis, MD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/1962/
  • Mann, R. & J. Wesson, 1996. Fishery independent standing stock surveys of oyster populations in Virginia. Final report submitted to the NOAA/Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, Annapolis, MD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/1963/
  • Mann, R. & J. Wesson, 1995. Fishery independent standing stock surveys of oyster populations in Virginia. Final report submitted to the NOAA/Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, Annapolis, MD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/1964/
  • Mann, R. & J. Wesson, 1994. Fishery independent standing stock surveys of oyster populations in the Virginia subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay and a comparison with continuing estimates obtained from fishery dependent data. Final report submitted to the NOAA/Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, Annapolis, MD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/1965/