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

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
Theses and Dissertations Publication Date
Price, Jennifer L. 2011. Quantifying the ecological impact of geoduck (Panopea generosa) aquaculture harvest practices on benthic infauna. Masters thesis, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington USA. August 2011
McPeek, Kathleen C. 2013. Food web impacts of geoduck clam aquaculture practices in Puget Sound, Washington. Masters thesis, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington USA. November 2013