Environmental News
10/9/2008 4:43:57 PM EST
Would Asian oyster be savior or scourge of Chesapeake Bay?
(The Baltimore Sun) Seeding the Chesapeake Bay with disease-resistant Asian oysters could significantly boost the bay's depleted population of the water-cleaning shellfish, according to a federal study to be released next week. But the study . . . warns that the foreign species also could harm what's left of the bay's native oyster population. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
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