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Oyster reefs off the US Atlantic coast remove more nitrogen and provide greater economic value than previously estimated, and their restoration may be effective in maintaining water quality and improving marine ecosystems

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Habitat context affects sediment nitrogen burial by restored Eastern Oyster reefs

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Cluster of live Eastern Oysters.

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Credit: Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Oyster reefs off the U.S. Atlantic coast remove more nitrogen and provide greater economic value than previously estimated, and their restoration may be effective in maintaining water quality and improving marine ecosystems

Article URL: https://plos.io/46V3pIN

Article title: Habitat context affects sediment nitrogen burial by restored Eastern Oyster reefs

Author countries: U.S.

Funding: This research was supported by the UNC Institute for the Environment, the National Science Foundation (OCE-1233327, OCE-1155628, OCE-1635950), the United States Coastal Research Program (W912HZ-22-COO-11), and North Carolina Sea Grant (12-HCE-20). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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