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American oyster

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Reproductive cycle of American oyster, Crassostrea virginica in West Loch, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

MONSOONALLY DRIVEN REPRODUCTION IN THE TROPICAL BLACK-LIP ROCK OYSTER SACCOSTREA ECHINATA (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1835) IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA

Su, "Temperature effects on the depuration of vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus from the american oyster (Crassostrea virginica)," Journal of Food Science, vol.

Temperature Effect Study on Growth and Survival of Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Jinjiang Oyster (Crassostrea rivularis) with Rapid Count Method

Quantitative measurement of reproductive output in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin), using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Impact of environment and ontogeny on relative fecundity and egg quality of female oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from four sites in northern Chesapeake Bay

The American oyster. Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin, 64, 1-480.

Efecto de la temperatura y la salinidad en el ciclo reproductor de hembras y machos de Crassostrea virginica (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)

Since the first report of Perkinsus marinus infecting the American oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) in the Gulf of Mexico (Mackin et al., 1950), other species of the genus Perkinsus have been reported infecting several species of marine mollusks around the world (Lester and Davis, 1981; Azevedo, 1989; Blackbourn et al., 1998; Villalba et al., 2004; Choi and Park, 2010).

Perkinsus sp. infecting the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae from estuaries of the septentrional Northeast, Brazil/Perkinsus sp. infectando a ostra Crassostrea rhizophorae de estuarios do Nordeste setentrional, Brasil

Population structure of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, on an oyster bar in central Chesapeake Bay: Changes associated with shell planting and increased recruitment.

Multiple stable reference points in oyster populations: implications for reference point-based management

THE CANADIAN government is to impose 15% additional duties on American oyster imports, because of Washington's failure to follow a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that it should scrap its Byrd Amendment law on protective tariffs.

Byrd amendment--Canada

Ecological changes in Chesapeake Bay: are they the result of overharvesting the American oyster? Pages 536-546 in M.

Physical-biological coupling on oyster reefs: how habitat structure influences individual performance

Biotic potential and environmental resistance in the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in Long Island Sound.

A Decline in Starfish, Asterias forbesi, Abundance and a Concurrent Increase in Northern Quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria, Abundance and Landings in the Northeastern United States

Haley (1977, 1979) was the first to provide some evidence for genetic control of sex in the American oyster, C.

Genetic determinants of protandric sex in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas Thunberg