Fig.2. Oyster larval settlement rates on adult oysters in an open estuary, field experiment.

Data collected in the field, in an experiment established in an estuary. Excel software was used to create the data file. A)Monospecific Bags: data represent the rate of larval settlement on 9 of each adult oyster: conspecific Sydney rock oysters and native Pacific oysters, deployed in single-species mesh bags. Status indicates oysters that were deployed live or dead. B) Mixed basket: 20 of each Sydney rock oyster and Pacific, live and dead (total 80 oysters) were deployed in one basket. Summary indicates means and standard errors of the means of raw data.