Socioecological factors related to aquaculture introductions and production of Pacific oysters ( Crassostrea gigas ) worldwide

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Fernanda Martínez‐García ◽  
Jennifer L. Ruesink ◽  
José Manuel Grijalva‐Chon ◽  
César Lodeiros ◽  
José Alfredo Arreola‐Lizárraga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crassostrea Gigas ◽  
Pacific Oysters

scholarly journals Electrophysiological Evaluation of Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Sensitivity to Saxitoxin and Tetrodotoxin

Marine Drugs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 380
Author(s):  
Floriane Boullot ◽  
Caroline Fabioux ◽  
Hélène Hégaret ◽  
Pierre Boudry ◽  
Philippe Soudant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crassostrea Gigas ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Alexandrium Minutum ◽  
Paralytic Shellfish Toxins ◽  
Pacific Oysters ◽  
Paralytic Shellfish ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
First Time ◽  
Micromolar Range

Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) may bio-accumulate high levels of paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) during harmful algal blooms of the genus Alexandrium. These blooms regularly occur in coastal waters, affecting oyster health and marketability. The aim of our study was to analyse the PST-sensitivity of nerves of Pacific oysters in relation with toxin bio-accumulation. The results show that C. gigas nerves have micromolar range of saxitoxin (STX) sensitivity, thus providing intermediate STX sensitivity compared to other bivalve species. However, theses nerves were much less sensitive to tetrodotoxin. The STX-sensitivity of compound nerve action potential (CNAP) recorded from oysters experimentally fed with Alexandrium minutum (toxic-alga-exposed oysters), or Tisochrysis lutea, a non-toxic microalga (control oysters), revealed that oysters could be separated into STX-resistant and STX-sensitive categories, regardless of the diet. Moreover, the percentage of toxin-sensitive nerves was lower, and the STX concentration necessary to inhibit 50% of CNAP higher, in recently toxic-alga-exposed oysters than in control bivalves. However, no obvious correlation was observed between nerve sensitivity to STX and the STX content in oyster digestive glands. None of the nerves isolated from wild and farmed oysters was detected to be sensitive to tetrodotoxin. In conclusion, this study highlights the good potential of cerebrovisceral nerves of Pacific oysters for electrophysiological and pharmacological studies. In addition, this study shows, for the first time, that C. gigas nerves have micromolar range of STX sensitivity. The STX sensitivity decreases, at least temporary, upon recent oyster exposure to dinoflagellates producing PST under natural, but not experimental environment.

Bioaccumulation of trace metals in farmed pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas from SW Gulf of California coast, Mexico

Chemosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 311-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.P. Jonathan ◽  
N.P. Muñoz-Sevilla ◽  
Andrés Martin Góngora-Gómez ◽  
Raquel Gabriela Luna Varela ◽  
S.B. Sujitha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trace Metals ◽  
Crassostrea Gigas ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
California Coast ◽  
Pacific Oysters

scholarly journals Distribution, Condition and Gonad Maturity of the Invasive Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea Gigas, Thunberg 1793) in Cimanuk Delta, Indramayu, West Java, Indonesia

Omni-Akuatika ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Selia Hermawati ◽  
Sulistiono Sulistiono ◽  
Agustinus M Samosir
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Crassostrea Gigas ◽  
Brackish Water ◽  
Pacific Oyster ◽  
Condition Factor ◽  
Maturity Stage ◽  
West Java ◽  
Gonad Maturity ◽  
Pacific Oysters ◽  
The Pacific

Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is an invasive species which is able to adapt a wide range of environmental conditions. The study was conducted from August to October 2014. Objective of this study was to asses the distribution pattern, condition and gonad maturity length (Lm 50%) of the Pacific oysters in mangrove ecosystem of Cimanuk Delta, Indramayu, West Java, Indonesia.  This study was conducted in two adjacent areas:  Pabean Ilir and Pagirikan subdeltas. The oysters were collected from the estuary, brackish water ponds and the coastal flat, and  observed for their abundance, total length (mm) and weight (g). Morphological and histological methods were used to estimate the gonad maturity stage. Analysis were carried out to estimate distribution pattern and condition factor. According to the study, the Pacific oyster distribution pattern was clumped. The condition factor of the oyster was higher in the brackish water pond and estuary than in the coastal flat.  The Pacific oyster was found in gonad maturity stage (GMS) I – IV. The oyster was hermaprodit protandry and had length maturity (Lm 50%) of 47,46-48,43 mm (male) and 75,27-75,50  mm (female). 

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