Vertical structure and predator refuge mediate oyster reef development and community dynamics

By T. Soniat, C. Finelli, J. Ruiz. 2004

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Testing the effect of habitat structure and complexity on nekton assemblages using experimental oyster reefs (2011, background): “…oyster reefs indicates the high habitat value subtidal oyster reefs provide in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and this result is consistent with other studies from the region (Plunket and La Peyre, 2005; Shervette and Gelwick, 2008; Soniat et al., 2004; Stunz et al., 2010; Tolley and Volety, 2005).”
Benthic flow environments affect recruitment of Crassostrea virginica larvae to an intertidal oyster reef (2012, background): “Although previous studies have shown that benthic shear stresses influence the success of larval settlement (Eckman 1990, Mullineaux & Garland 1993, Soniat et al. 2004), little is known about the actual distributions of shear stresses along oyster beds that larvae are exposed to while settled on…”
Recently established Crassostrea-reefs versus native Mytilus-beds: differences in ecosystem engineering affects the macrofaunal communities (Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony, southern German Bight) (2009, background): “M. edulis are more frequently affected by burial ( Soniat et al. 2004 ).”