By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Ecology, Environment & Conservation -- Data detailed on Biology - Marine Biology have been presented. According to news reporting from Oxford, Maryland, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “Given the stories of Oyster Wars, competition for resources, and the large number of people involved in managing the oysters of the Chesapeake Bay, one might expect a fractured social network. Some management mandates require multiple stakeholder groups at the table, but these very rarely also mandate collaboration between the different types of oyster work going on: wild harvest, aquaculture, sanctuaries, and restoration. 140 people were surveyed via snowball sampling to document the social network of the Chesapeake oyster community.”
The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research, “The survey questions used to construct the links between people in the network focused on the transfer of valued advice. Results show that the oyster community is well-connected across jurisdictional divides, type of oyster worked with, opinions of management, and across most career sectors.”
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “This shows that, despite persistent stereotypes to the contrary, members of the oyster community reach out for advice to a diverse cohort of colleagues.”
For more information on this research see: Breaking stereotypes through network analysis of the Chesapeake oyster community. Marine Policy , 2018;90():146-151. Marine Policy can be contacted at: Elsevier Sci Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, Oxon, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Marine Policy - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/marine-policy/)
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A. Freitag, Cooperat Oxford Lab, Oxford, MD 21654, United States. Additional authors for this research include B. Vogt and T. Hartley.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.12.023. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-04-20), Data from A. Freitag et al Provide New Insights into Marine Biology (Breaking stereotypes through network analysis of the Chesapeake oyster community), Ecology, Environment & Conservation, 160, ISSN: 1945-6506, BUTTER® ID: 015523544
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