Faculty Expert Available to Discuss Oyster Population and Introduction of Non-Native Species
Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 14:21
in Biology & Nature
Martin Posey, marine biologist at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, is among a handful of scientists working to restore the North Carolina native oyster population, estimated to be 5-10 percent of what it was in the early 1900s.
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