Research Publications that inform the LO-SPAT Project:

Baggett, L. P., Powers, S. P., Brumbaugh, R. D., Coen, L. D., DeAngelis, B. M., Greene, J. K., Hancock, B. T., Morlock, S. M., Allen, B. L., Breitburg, D. L., Bushek, D., Grabowski, J. H., Grizzle, R. E., Grosholz, E. D., la Peyre, M. K., Luckenbach, M. W., McGraw, K. A., Piehler, M. F., Westby, S. R., & zu Ermgassen, P. S. E. (2015). Guidelines for evaluating performance of oyster habitat restoration. Restoration Ecology, 23(6), 737–745. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12262

Boichard, D., Ducrocq, V., Croiseau, P., & Fritz, S. (2016). Genomic selection in domestic animals: Principles, applications and perspectives. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 339(7–8), 274–277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2016.04.007

Gledhill, J. H., Barnett, A. F., Slattery, M., Willett, K. L., Easson, G. L., Otts, S. S., & Gochfeld, D. J. (2020). Mass Mortality of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica in the Western Mississippi Sound Following Unprecedented Mississippi River Flooding in 2019. Journal of Shellfish Research, 39(2), 235. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.039.0205

Jones, H. R., Johnson, K. M., & Kelly, M. W. (2019). Synergistic Effects of Temperature and Salinity on the Gene Expression and Physiology of Crassostrea virginica. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59(2), 306–319. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz035

Kriaridou, C., Tsairidou, S., Houston, R. D., & Robledo, D. (2020). Genomic Prediction Using Low Density Marker Panels in Aquaculture: Performance Across Species, Traits, and Genotyping Platforms. Frontiers in Genetics, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00124

La Peyre, M. K., Eberline, B. S., Soniat, T. M., & la Peyre, J. F. (2013). Differences in extreme low salinity timing and duration differentially affect eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) size class growth and mortality in Breton Sound, LA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 135, 146–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.001

La Peyre, M. K., Gossman, B., & la Peyre, J. F. (2009). Defining Optimal Freshwater Flow for Oyster Production: Effects of Freshet Rate and Magnitude of Change and Duration on Eastern Oysters and Perkinsus marinus Infection. Estuaries and Coasts, 32(3), 522–534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-009-9149-9

La Peyre, M. K., Serra, K., Joyner, T. A., & Humphries, A. (2015). Assessing shoreline exposure and oyster habitat suitability maximizes potential success for sustainable shoreline protection using restored oyster reefs. PeerJ, 3, e1317. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1317

Lavaud, R., la Peyre, M. K., Casas, S. M., Bacher, C., & la Peyre, J. F. (2017). Integrating the effects of salinity on the physiology of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in the northern Gulf of Mexico through a Dynamic Energy Budget model. Ecological Modelling, 363, 221–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.09.003

McCarty, A. J., Allen, S. K., & Plough, L. v. (2022). Genome-wide analysis of acute low salinity tolerance in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica and potential of genomic selection for trait improvement. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab368

McCarty, A. J., McFarland, K., Small, J., Allen, S. K., & Plough, L. V. (2020). Heritability of acute low salinity survival in the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Aquaculture, 529, 735649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735649

Norström, A. v., Cvitanovic, C., Löf, M. F., West, S., Wyborn, C., Balvanera, P., Bednarek, A. T., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., de Bremond, A., Campbell, B. M., Canadell, J. G., Carpenter, S. R., Folke, C., Fulton, E. A., Gaffney, O., Gelcich, S., Jouffray, J.-B., Leach, M., … Österblom, H. (2020). Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research. Nature Sustainability, 3(3), 182–190. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0448-2

Pruett, J. L., Pandelides, A. F., Willett, K. L., & Gochfeld, D. J. (2021). Effects of flood-associated stressors on growth and survival of early life stage oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 544, 151615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151615

Rybovich, M., Peyre, M. K. la, Hall, S. G., & Peyre, J. F. la. (2016). Increased Temperatures Combined with Lowered Salinities Differentially Impact Oyster Size Class Growth and Mortality. Journal of Shellfish Research, 35(1), 101–113. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.035.0112

Soniat, T. M. (2013). Predicting the Effects of Proposed Mississippi River Diversions on Oyster Habitat Quality; Application of an Oyster Habitat Suitability Index Model. Journal of Shellfish Research, 32(3), 629. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.032.0302

Turner, R. E. (2006). Will lowering estuarine salinity increase Gulf of Mexico oyster landings? Estuaries and Coasts, 29(3), 345–352. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02784984

Turner, R. E., Swenson, E. M., Milan, C. S., & Lee, J. M. (2019). Spatial variations in Chlorophyll a, C, N, and P in a Louisiana estuary from 1994 to 2016. Hydrobiologia, 834(1), 131–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-3918-7
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Wang, H., Chen, Q., Hu, K., & la Peyre, M. K. (2017). A Modeling Study of the Impacts of Mississippi River Diversion and Sea-Level Rise on Water Quality of a Deltaic Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 40(4), 1028–1054. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-016-0197-7