HomeMy WebLinkAboutCD Living Shorelines Project PPT➢ < 3.8 million oysters at height of recruitment
➢ Currently 750,000 oysters
➢ Survival rates, annual recruitment fluctuations
➢ Food resource for many species
Preliminary results - San Rafael
So much life out there
ALA
Qlk.
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Photos, S. Kiriakopolos
Preliminary results - San Rafael
Many species reproducing
Gravid shrimp
Goby eggs on oyster shell
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Oysters brooding
41&
Brooding rates of 25%
from year -one oysters
Nudibranch egg casings
Photos, S. Kiriakopolos
Preliminary results - Birds
• Wading birds and Black Oystercatchers increased significantly
• Suggests increased fish foraging opportunities
• In the sediments: # of unique invertebrate taxa increased, from 14-22 taxa
