The Oyster: Dopamine Junkie and Water Quality Hero?

How does dopamine help oysters? What does Capt. John Smith (from the Pocahontas history) tell us about the cleansing power of oysters?

Watch and learn about the natural history of oysters, as told by David Eggleston, professor of marine ecology at North Carolina State University.

Eggleston's oyster restoration research is partly funded by the N.C. Fishery Resource Grant 06-EP-03, administered by North Carolina Sea Grant (http://www.ncseagrant.org/home/research/core-research/search-results?view=ite...­id=794)

This is an excerpt from Eggleston's talk (full version here: http://ncseagrant.org/s/oysterpop) on the restoration of oyster reefs in Pamlico Sound, N.C., part of the American Scientist lunch speaker series hosted by Sigma Xi. Filmed Jan. 26, 2010. Audio courtesy of Sigma Xi staff. Flipcam donated by the ScienceOnline2010 conference.

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