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Recent UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences Oyster Research & Restoration Projects

Niels Lindquist – the messenger

Environmental Controls – flow, hypoxia, OA, salinity

Peterson & Lenihan; Rosman; Piehler & Ries; Lindquist & Fegley

O2

CO2 (atm)

OA

Historical Aspects decadal, centennial, millennial

Peterson & Lenihan et al.; Lindquist & Fegley; Rodriguez & Fodrie

Ecology – Intertidal Reefs

Fodrie, Rodriquez, Lindquist, Grabowski et al.

Ecology – Intertidal Reefs

Rocky Intertidal Paradigm

Elevation Models of Salt Marsh Optimal Growth

&

merging

Fodrie, Rodriquez, Lindquist, Grabowski et al.

Middle Marsh, Back Sound – Peterson & Grabowski

constructed intertidal reefs -1997 and 2000

2011 image

100 m

Middle Marsh, Back Sound – Fodrie, Rodriguez & Lindquist

constructed intertidal reefs -1997 and 2000

2011 image reefs constructed May 2011

100 m

Ridge et al. submitted (& recent rejection)

L&O

river

ocean

inlet

Bioerosion

Lindquist & Fodrie; Lindquist & Eggleston

Clionid sponges

ADCIRC

Population Connections, Recruitment

Fodrie, Luettich & Eggleston; Fodrie & Rodriquez; Peterson; Lindquist

Mn Ba Sr

riverine ocean

Human Health

Noble et al.

riverine ocean

harvest

Ecosystem Services

NO3-

N2

Corg

Peterson & Grabowski; Piehler; Fodrie; Rodriguez; Lindquist

NH4+

Restoration – using science to build successful reefs

Peterson; Fodrie, Rodriguez, Lindquist; Fodrie & Lindquist, Lindquist & Eggleston; Piehler

~1 year later

Middle Marsh

Middle Marsh

Newport and North River Estuaries

multiple estuaries

multiple tidal

creeks