The Amazing Oyster - Oyster Reefs

In many parts of America's Atlantic coast, the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is a keystone species. Terri Fox of The Nature Conservancy explains how oysters provide crucial habitats for other organisms.

Learn more about the water cleansing ability of oysters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycbfEl_Ydjs

This is an excerpt from THE AMAZING OYSTER, an educational DVD available from North Carolina Sea Grant. Visit http://www.ncseagrant.org/home/resource-library/shop-coastal-products for this and other classroom resources.

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Science & Technology

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• North Carolina Sea Grant
• oysters
• Crassotrea
• oyster reefs
• North Carolina
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Amazing Oyster
• keystone species