Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Washington
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Washington Project


Interactions of geoduck clam aquaculture operations with intertidal ecosystems in southern Puget Sound, Washington USA

January 2007 - December 2017


Personnel

Participating Agencies

  • Royalty Research Fund, University of Washington, Seattle WA
  • Washington Department of Natural Resources, Olympia WA
  • Washington Sea Grant Program, University of Washington, Seattle WA
  • Washington Department of Ecology
  • Washington Sea Grant College Program
  • Department of Fisheries, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Point No Point Treaty Council

Interactions of geoduck clam aquaculture operations with intertidal ecosystems in southern Puget Sound, Washington USA

Research Publications Publication Date
VanBlaricom, G.R., J.L. Eccles, J.D. Olden, and P.S. McDonald. 2015. Ecological effects of the harvest phase of geoduck clam (Panopea generosa Gould, 1850) aquaculture on infaunal communities in southern Puget Sound, Washington USA. Journal of Shellfish Research 34: 171-187. March 2015
Presentations Presentation Date
VanBlaricom, G.R., J.L. Price, K.C. McPeek, A.W.E. Galloway, J.R. Cordell, M.N. Dethier, D.A. Armstrong, and P. S. McDonald. 2012. Ecological consequences of geoduck aquaculture operations in southern Puget Sound: Conclusions emerging from a five-year study. South Sound Science Symposium, Washington Department of Ecology, Shelton, Washington, USA. October 2012