Larval oyster behavioral responses to interacting water column cues

Published work on this topic:

Wheeler JD, Luo EY, Helfrich KR, Anderson EJ, Starczak VR, Mullineaux LS (2017). Light stimulates swimming behavior of larval eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in turbulent flow. Marine Ecology Progress Series 571: 109-120.

Stephanie Murphy with the Woods Hole Sea Grant interviewed me and wrote this great article on this project for their Coastal Impacts Newsletter, which you can read about here.