![]() ![]() The Tuckerton oyster reef was first planted in 20 16 in Barnegat Bay, howev er after 2 years there was a die off from a Dermo disease (Thompson et al., 2021). ![]() ![]() Stockton University’s Tuckerton reef is being used to study these effects on water quality in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. This is interesting to environmental managers because this can be a way to remediate nutrient runoff in aquatic systems (Ehrich et al., 2015). An oyster reef’s ability to maintain water quality depends on how local conditions such as salinity, temperature, and dissolved oxygen influence settlement, growth, and survival of oysters on a reef (La Peyre 2013). Filtration abilities of oyster reefs are important because nutrient pollution causes algal blooms and decreased water quality, and oyster reefs can remediate that. Temperature, salinity and total suspended solids (TSS) can affect the filtration rate. Oyster filtration is controlled by cilia movement on the gills, which increases or decreases particle uptake (Ehrich et al., 2015). However, oyster populations have been declining and it has recently been identified that shellfish reef loss and degradation is a global iss ue (La Peyre 2013). This can be h elpful in areas affected by eutrophication. The ability of oysters to take up nitrogen into their tissues helps decrease excess nutrients in the water (Thompson et al., 2021). They are also important in that they create habitat for other organisms. Oysters provide water quality benefits through filtration and nitrogen removal. , is a bivalve mollusk that filters water while it feeds, playing a vital role in aqu atic ecosystems (Ehrich et al., 2015). ![]()
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