Development and application of an online tool to quantify nitrogen removal associated with harvest of cultivated eastern oysters.

ABSTRACT: Shellfish aquaculture can provide important ecosystem services to coastal communities, yet these benefits are not typically considered within the aquaculture permit review process. Resource managers have expressed interest in easy-to-use tools, based on robust science, that produce location and operation-appropriate values for beneficial services. These values need to be produced in a format that aligns with existing regulatory processes to facilitate seamless integration with permit review. The removal of excess nitrogen from coastal waters by shellfish farms is well documented in the literature and has been incorporated into nutrient management in the USA. Shellfish assimilate nitrogen into their tissue and shell as they grow, and this nitrogen is removed from the environment upon harves

SUBMITTER: Rose JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11379275 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature