scholarly journals THE UPTAKE AND UTILIZATION OF PHOSPHATE IONS FROM SEA WATER BY THE AMERICAN OYSTER, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA (GMEL.)

1954 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAWRENCE R. POMEROY ◽  
HAROLD H. HASKIN
1975 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 739-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Murchelano ◽  
C. Brown ◽  
J. Bishop

Quantitative and qualitative bacteriological studies were conducted on sea water utilized in laboratory culture of American oyster larvae (Crassostrea virginica).The generic diversity of bacteria isolated from a laboratory seawater storage tank did not change during a 15-day sampling period, although bacterial numbers increased substantially. The mean number of bacteria in ultraviolet light-irradiated sea water was less than that in nonirradiated sea water, although individual samples varied considerably. Over a 10-day sampling period during which oyster larval cultures were sampled repetitively, bacteria were more numerous at 24 h and 48 h than at 0 h.Pseudomonas was the dominant genus present in stored sea water, irradiated sea water, and sea water from oyster larval cultures.


Gene ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 379 ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Jenny ◽  
Gregory W. Warr ◽  
Amy H. Ringwood ◽  
David A. Baltzegar ◽  
Robert W. Chapman

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 2010-2023
Author(s):  
Linlin Wang ◽  
Junting Song ◽  
Hongsheng Bi ◽  
Matthew Gray ◽  
Chunlei Fan ◽  
...  

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Zouros ◽  
Shiva M. Singh ◽  
David W. Foltz ◽  
André L. Mallet

SUMMARYThe degree of heterozygosity as determined by electrophoretic analysis of three or four polymorphic loci correlates positively with survival in age groups of the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) collected as spat from two different natural populations. The phenomenon is shown to operate in ages from 2 weeks (post-settlement) to 3 years and appears to be general in populations of marine molluscs. The most likely explanation for this result is that heterozygosity improves survival through its effect on growth (heterozygotes grow faster). The effects of individual loci on viability are independent of each other. A direct involvement of the enzyme polymorphisms is the most probable genetic interpretation of the data, but associative overdominance cannot be excluded.


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