To determine how valuable a foodstuff oysters are to blue crabs and finfish, scientists will place the celebrated mollusk under surveillance this summer.As fascinating as watching oysters is, I'm sure glad I'm not an intern on that project....
Virginia Institute of Marine Science researchers will use a high-tech camera system to watch afar as blue crabs, cownose rays and other predators feast on the staid bivalve...
One day you wash up on the beach, wet and naked. Another day you wash back out. In between, the scenery changes constantly.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Grow Oysters for Crabs?
Oysters under surveillance: VIMS wants to know how important they are to blue crabs
Labels:
Chesapeake Bay,
crabs,
fishing,
oysters
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