Economic Values Associated With Construction of Oyster Reefs by the Corps of Engineers

Abstract

PURPOSE: This technical note is intended to accompany the Community Model Template constructed under the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Research Program. That template includes a community model for the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) which can be used to quantify the ecological benefits of an oyster reef in an ecosystem restoration project. This technical note describes additional benefits to consider in planning a restoration project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA418661

Entities

People

  • Jean O'neil
  • Jim Henderson

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bays
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Models
  • Costs
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economic Models
  • Economics
  • Engineers
  • Fish
  • Habitats
  • Materials
  • Narragansett Bay
  • North Carolina
  • Recreation
  • Water Quality
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.