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Table 1 Estuaries, oyster bed sites, and average density of oysters in the surveys conducted in 2014

From: Exploring the decline of oyster beds in Atlantic Canada shorelines: potential effects of crab predation on American oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

Estuary

Site

Average oyster density

# (m−2)

SE

Boughton river

1

132.0

57.5

2

20.3

8.1

East river

1

559.0

97.1

2

242.0

18.2

North river

1

333.7

41.3

2

746.0

63.2

Dunk river

1

355.0

32.0

2

370.3

23.1

Wilmot river

1

294.0

34. 7

2

327.7

21.3

Kildare river

1

134.7

56.0

2

118.3

12.1

Hills river

1

136.0

46.0

2

149.0

11.4

Mill river

1

285.7

39.1

2

304.0

NA

Cascumpec bay

1

144.3

8.0

2

102.0

18.0

Bideford river

1

238.0

19.2

2

284.3

19.3