School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering
Oysters as Nitrogen Bioextractors
Oysters filter particles that contain nitrogen (and carbon) from the water. Wild oysters cycle small amounts of that nitrogen back into the environment, however farmed oysters, once harvested from the estuary, directly remove the nitrogen from the aquatic ecosystem. A recent paper, which NHAES... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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