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Study puts some mussels into Chesapeake Bay restoration

Research in the Chesapeake Bay shows that the mussels that typically colonize a restored oyster reef can more than double the reef's overall filtration capacity which is widely seen as a key way to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay. Oyster reefs also multiply the water quality benefits of restoration by filtering more and different portions of plankton. Filtering plankton helps improve water quality because these tiny drifting organisms thrive on the excess nitrogen and other nutrients that humans release into the Bay through farming, wastewater outflow, and the burning of fossil fuels.

Date: September 8, 2014

Source: Virginia Institute of Marine Science

The original article was written by David Malmquist

Virginia Institute of Marine Science. "Study puts some mussels into Chesapeake Bay restoration." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 8 September 2014. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140908121538.htm>.

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