@article {77241,
	title = {Coast-wide recruitment dynamics of Olympia oysters reveal limited synchrony and multiple predictors of failure},
	journal = {Ecology},
	volume = {97},
	year = {2016},
	note = {In the ocean, environmental conditions such as water temperature or wave height can affect reproduction and survival success of organisms across broad regions.  Separate populations can experience similar rates of recruitment success or failure while hundreds of miles apart.  While this recruitment synchrony is well-known among marine species from fishes to kelp to barnacles, it is not well documented in estuarine species, where the scale of environmental conditions is much smaller.  In this paper, the authors examine recruitment synchrony in the native Olympia oyster in eight bays on the Pacific Coast.  Is there evidence of recruitment synchrony among estuaries on the Pacific Coast?  Within given estuaries, is there evidence of recruitment synchrony at different sites?  What are predictors of recruitment failure?  Are there ways to buffer against recruitment failure?  The authors address all these questions.},
	pages = {p.3503-3516},
	keywords = {Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila),Netarts Bay, Whiskey Creek, Pacific Coast, aquatic invertebrates, mollusks, bivalves, reproduction, recruitment, habitats, salinity, water temperature, chlorophyll, human impacts, geographical distribution},
	doi = {doi:  10.1002/ecy.1602},
	author = {Wasson, Kerstin and Hughes, Brent B. and Berriman, John S. and Chang, Andrew L. and Deck, Anna K. and Dinnel, Paul A. and Endris, Charlie and Espinoza, Michael and Dudas, Sarah and Ferner, Matthew C. and Grosholz, Edwin D. and Kimbro, David and Ruesink, Jennifer l. and Trimble, Alan C. and Vander Schaaf, Dick and Zabin, Chela J. and Zacherl, Danielle C.}
}
@article {76436,
	title = {Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries:  The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species},
	year = {2014},
	note = {This report summarizes what is known about the role of estuaries as nurseries for important aquatic species. The authors inventoried 303 West Coast estuaries and categorized each by class (lagoonal, riverine, embayment and sound) and subclass (estuarine coastal subtidal, tidal channel/creek, slough and lagoon). They examined 15 different species that used estuaries and noted what is known and not known about their life cycles and use of estuaries. {\textquotedblleft}Together with the estuary inventory and the geodatabase, this report represents the first stage in a larger effort to better understand the nursery functions of West Coast estuaries for fish and invertebrates.{\textquotedblright} (p.3)},
	pages = {168 p.},
	institution = {The Nature Conservancy},
	address = {Arlington, Va.},
	keywords = {aquatic invertebrates, Bat stingray = Myliobatus californicus (Aetobatus californicus), Bay shrimp = Crangon franciscorum, Brown rockfish = Sebastes auriculatus, California halibut = Paralichthys californicus, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, crustaceans, Dungeness crab =   Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), eelgrass = Zostera marina, English sole = Parophrys vetulus, estuaries, fishes, general, geographic distribution, Green sturgeon = Acipenser medirostris, habitats, juvenile fish, Leopard shark = Triakis semifasciata, life history information, Oregon, Pacific Coast, Pacific herring =  Clupea pallasi, Pacific staghorn sculpin = Leptocottus armatus, Shiner perch = Cymatogaster aggregate, Starry flounder = Platichthys stellatus, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss},
	url = {https://www.scienceforconservation.org/products/nursery-functions-of-estuaries},
	author = {Hughes, Brent B. and Levey, Matthew D. and Brown, Jennifer A. and Fountain, Monique C. and Carlisle, Aaron B. and Litvin, Steven Y. and Greene, Correigh M. and Heady, Walter N. and Gleason, Mary G.}
}
