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Description
Oyster setting tanks at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River. Used by the Oyster Recovery Partnership, oyster larvae are placed in these tanks for two days, allowing them to set on shells where they stay and continue to grow for the rest of their lives.
Photographer
Mary Hollinger
Display Date
1999 July 13
Location
Maryland, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory
Collection
America's Coastlines
Chesapeake Bay
Conserving and Learning
NOAA Affiliation
NODC biologist
Keywords
Coastline
Chesapeake Bay Maryland