[SEMCO] Shellfish Restoration and Nitrogen Cycling in Estuarine Environments

[Jeffrey Brodeur]

Shellfish Restoration and Nitrogen Cycling in Estuarine Environments
What is the science?

One day conference ­ Friday, May 8th, 2009 ­ Courtyard by Marriott ­
Hyannis, MA 
 
9:15    What is Nitrogen, its sources, and how does it enter our estuaries.
(25 min)
            Sue Rask ­ Barnstable County Department of Health and
Environment  
 
9:40     The fate and impact of nitrogen in estuarine environments (25 min)
            Dr. Ivan Valiela ­ The Ecosystems Center, Marine Bilogical
Laboratory
 
10:15    Break
 
10:30    The potential environmental effects of shellfish culture in our
estuaries (30 min)
Dr. Mike Rice ­ University of Rhode Island
 
11:00     Studies conducted on Cape Cod ­ Will it work?
 
            Mitigating the effects of excess nutrients in coastal waters
through bivalve aquaculture and harvesting. (25 min)
            Dr. Hauke Kite-Powell ­ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  
           Remediation of eutrophication by Oysters, Crassostrea virginica:
           Use of stable isotopes and empirical data from oysters grown in
estuaries receiving different N loads (25 min)
             Dr. Heidi Clark ­ Woods Hole Group
 
12:00    Discussion and questions (Panel)
             
12:30    Lunch
            
1:45      Developing large quantities of oysters for restoration (Remote set
techniques) (20 min)
Dick Kraus ­ President, Aquacultural Research Corporation
 
2:15     Local Oyster Restoration Projects Local
 
            Barnstable County research and municipal projects using remote
set oysters (20 min)
            Diane Murphy, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and Woods Hole Sea
Grant
            
          MA Audubon¹s oyster reef restoration in Wellfleet harbor (20 min)
            Bob Prescott ­ Director, MAS Wellfleet Sanctuary
 
2:45     Oyster Gardening in Rhode Island
            Dr. Dale Leavitt ­ Rodger Williams University (25 min)
 
3:15     Permitting and issues of shellfish restoration projects in
Massachusetts 
            Mike Hickey, Senior Biologist ­ MA Division of Marine Fisheries
(20min)
 
3:40     Discussion and questions (Panel)
 
4:00     Conference ends


             


 

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