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Molluscan Publications - Oysters & Carbonate Budgets in Estuaries

  • Kuykendall, K.M., P. Moreno, E. N. Powell, T. M. Soniat, S. Colley, R. Mann, D. M. Munroe. 2015. The exposed surface area to volume ratio: Is shell more efficient than limestone in promoting oyster recruitment?  J. Shellfish Research. 34(2):217-225. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/311/
  • Harding, J. M., Mann, R., M. Southworth, and J. Wesson. 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., J. M. Harding, R. Mann and J. Wesson. 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., J. M. Harding 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., M. Southworth, J.M. Harding and J. Wesson. 2009. Population studies of the native oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) in the James River, Virginia, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research. 28(2): 1-30. 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 and E. N. Powell. 2007. Why oyster restoration goals in the Chesapeake Bay are not and probably cannot be achieved. Journal of Shellfish Research. 26(4): 905-917. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/438/