Modeling Oyster Reef Reproductive Sustainability: Analyzing Gamete Viability, Hydrodynamics, and Reef Structure to Facilitate Restoration of $\text{Crassostrea virginica}$

Justin Weissberg, Vinny Pagano

The eastern oyster is a keystone species and ecosystem engineer. However, restoration efforts of wild oysters are often unsuccessful, in that they do not produce a robust populatio…