| response of an estuarine benthic community to application of the pesticide carbaryl and cultivation of pacific oysters (crassostrea gigas) in willapa bay, washington. | oyster culture operations on the west coast of north america have developed into complete farming operations for the introduced japanese oyster, crassostrea gigas, which now covers vast areas of the intertidal landscape, particularly in washington state where the pesticide carbaryl has also been used to control burrowing thalassinid shrimp for more than 30 years. field experiments were conducted to examine the effects of these habitat modifications on the benthic community in willapa, bay washin ... | 2001 | 11693637 |