Name: Living Resources I: Shellfish
Start: 2023-01-30T14:00:00-0500
End: 2023-01-30T15:30:00-0500

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Living Resources I: Shellfish

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2:00: ✎ Yeh, Heidi, Rutgers University, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory; Environmentally-driven Oyster Microbiome Dynamics in the Delaware Bay
2:15: Shinn, Jenny, Rutgers University; Intertidal Oyster Reef Development for Restoration in the Delaware Bay
2:30: ✎ Bouchard, Elizabeth, Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory; Effect of Oyster Farms on the Distribution of Horseshoe Crab Eggs and Other Rufa Red Knot Foraging Resources
2:45: Gentry, Matthew, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; Overcoming Propagation and Juvenile Care Bottlenecks for Two Native Freshwater Mussel Species in a Novel Hatchery Setting
3:00: Kreeger, Danielle, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; Incidence and restoration prioritization of rare and common species of freshwater mussels in the tidal Delaware River, USA
3:15: De Luca, Michael, and Stuart, Michelle, Rutgers University ; A GIS-Based Tool for Planning and Management of Shellfish Aquaculture and Restoration in New Jersey: A Rutgers University Project in Partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Supported by the National Sea Grant Program and Pew Charitable Trust

Associated Posters:

✎ Ambrose, Alexandria, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory; Video documentation of the marine community using an oyster farm as habitat near Barnegat Bay, NJ
Burt, Iris, Rutgers University; Documenting Oyster Habitat in Tidal Creeks and Tributaries along Delaware Bay, NJ
Cheng, Kurt, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; Advances in Juvenile Freshwater Mussel Grow Out Techniques
✎ Gentry, Matthew, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; Physiological Plasticity and Response to Food Availability of Two Native Freshwater Mussel Species

Moderators

Chesa Blom

Philadelphia Community Coordinator, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Joshua Moody

Research Scientist, NJ Department of Environmental Protection

Speakers

Heidi Yeh

Doctoral Candidate, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory of Rutgers University

As an Oceanography PhD candidate, I study the oyster microbiome using molecular methods. I plan to pursue a science policy career after graduation (2022-2023 AY). Topics of strong interest to me include ecosystem services, science communication, and sustainable food production (check... Read More →

Jenny Shinn

Field Researcher III, Rutgers University

Elizabeth Bouchard

Graduate Assistant, Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory

Matthew Gentry

Shellfish Coordinator, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Danielle Kreeger

Science Director, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Danielle Kreeger is an ecologist with >35 years of experience as a research scientist and educator. She is the science director for the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, which coordinates the National Estuary Program that protects and restores natural resources in the Delaware... Read More →