Pacific giant oyster

Crassostrea gigas
(Pacific giant oyster)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic

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17 results for Crassostrea gigas (Pacific giant oyster)

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Impact ID	Scientific Name	Impact Type	Study Type	Study Location	Impact Description	Reference
2656	Crassostrea gigas	Harvest	Observational	Field	The introduction of Crassostrea gigas to the west coast of the United States and France...	14744
2657	Crassostrea gigas	Commerce	Observational	Field	The introduction of Crassostrea gigas to the west coast of the United States and France...	14744
2665	Crassostrea gigas	Other	Anecdotal	Field	The density of the Pacific giant oyster offer habitat and an abundance of food for exotic oyster...	18706
2669	Crassostrea gigas	Competition	Anecdotal	N/A	It is possible that the Pacific giant oyster out-competes the native Olympian oyster for nutrients...	32685
2672	Crassostrea gigas	Harvest	Observational	Field	The introduction of Crassostrea gigas to the west coast of the United States created a...	32685
2673	Crassostrea gigas	Commerce	Observational	Field	The introduction of Crassostrea gigas to the west coast of the United States created a...	32685
2678	Crassostrea gigas	Harvest	Observational	N/A	The introduction of Crassostrea gigas to the west coast of the United States and France...	33769
2679	Crassostrea gigas	Commerce	Observational	N/A	The introduction of Crassostrea gigas to the west coast of the United States and France...	33769
2683	Crassostrea gigas	Water Quality	Anecdotal	N/A	This species may replace the filtering capacity of the native oyster that was previously widespread...	33769
2684	Crassostrea gigas	Habitat Alteration	Anecdotal	N/A	This species may replace the filtering capacity of the native oyster that was previously widespread...	33769
2687	Crassostrea gigas	Recreation	Observational	N/A	Water sports and other near-shore recreation are often in conflict with the beds of Crassostrea...	32685
2688	Crassostrea gigas	Property Value	Observational	N/A	Wealthy property owners are bothered by the noise that comes from culturing Crassostrea...	33769
2701	Crassostrea gigas	Competition	Observational	Field	Once it became established in the Wadden Sea of Germany, Crassostrea gigas became very...	33770
2719	Crassostrea gigas	Habitat Alteration	Observational	Field	The presence of the established oyster beds in Patagonia created a refugium which resulted in a...	33773
2727	Crassostrea gigas	Other	Observational	Field	Pacific giant oysters have been used to create habitat for the Dungeness crab in Washington State.	33774
2772	Crassostrea gigas	Competition	Observational	Field	In the Wadden Sea of Germany, Crassostrea gigas grows on the native mussel beds of Mytilus...	33778
6198	Crassostrea gigas	Habitat Alteration	Observational	Field	complex habitat structure created by Crassostrea gigas created an increase in macrofauna...	41392

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