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Olympia oyster

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Olympia oyster
n.
A small oyster (Ostrea lurida) native to the Pacific coast of North America.
[After Olympia2.]
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Kimbro, now of The Florida State University Coastal (FSU) and Marine Laboratory, the study shows that in Tomales Bay, half the population of California's native Olympia oyster has perished because its habitat has fallen victim to the dysfunctional relationship between native species and non-native ones accidentally introduced.
Invasive crabs and snails threaten oyster reefs in California coastal ... by Asian News International
1) was from Baja, California, Mexico, to Sitka, Alaska (Dall, 1914); however, significant declines and, in some areas, near extirpation of the Olympia oyster have occurred throughout its range within the past two centuries.
The Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 along the west coast ... by McGraw, Katherine A. / Journal of Shellfish Research
South Slough Reserve: The natural history of oysters and efforts to restore Olympia oysters to South Slough will be discussed by research coordinator Steve Rumrill, 1 p.
OUTDOORS BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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