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Preference alters consumptive effects of predators: top-down effects of a native crab on a system of native and introduced prey. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Top-down effects of predators in systems depend on the rate at which predators consume prey, and on predator preferences among available prey. In invaded communities, these parameters might be difficult to predict because ecological relationships are ...
Emily W Grason, Benjamin G Miner
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The Pearl Sac Formation in Male and Female Pinctada maxima Host Oysters Implanted With Allograft Saibo

Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2015
An experiment was conducted to study the effect of male and female host oysters on the pearl sac formation in Pinctada maxima oyster. One hundred sixty oysters were used in a completely randomized design with 2 × 4 factorial arrangement and 20 ...
La Eddy, Ridwan Affandi, Nastiti Kusumorini, Yulvian Sani, Wasmen Manalu   +4 more
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Molecular Basis of Taste and Micronutrient Content in Kumamoto Oysters (Crassostrea Sikamea) and Portuguese Oysters (Crassostrea Angulata) From Xiangshan Bay

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
Oysters are the most extensively cultivated bivalves globally. Kumamoto oysters, which are sympatric with Portuguese oysters in Xiangshan bay, China, are regarded as particularly tasty.
Sheng Liu, Sheng Liu, Hongqiang Xu, Hongqiang Xu, Shoushuo Jian, Shoushuo Jian, Qinggang Xue, Qinggang Xue, Zhihua Lin, Zhihua Lin   +9 more
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Can prior exposure to stress enhance resilience to ocean warming in two oyster species?

PLoS ONE, 2020
Securing economically and ecologically significant molluscs, as our oceans warm due to climate change, is a global priority. South eastern Australia receives warm water in a strengthening East Australia Current and so resident species are vulnerable to ...
Roberta R C Pereira, Elliot Scanes, Mitchell Gibbs, Maria Byrne, Pauline M Ross   +4 more
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Development of Genetic Markers for Triploid Verification of the Pacific Oyster, [PDF]

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2013
The triploid Pacific oyster, which is produced by mating tetraploid and diploid oysters, is favored by the aquaculture industry because of its better flavor and firmer texture, particularly during the summer.
Jung-Ha Kang, Hyun Jeong Lim, Hyun-Soek Kang, Jung-Mee Lee, Sumy Baby, Jong-Joo Kim   +5 more
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Transcriptome of American oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in response to bacterial challenge: insights into potential mechanisms of disease resistance. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The American oyster Crassostrea virginica, an ecologically and economically important estuarine organism, can suffer high mortalities in areas in the Northeast United States due to Roseovarius Oyster Disease (ROD), caused by the gram-negative bacterial ...
Ian C McDowell, Chamilani Nikapitiya, Derek Aguiar, Christopher E Lane, Sorin Istrail, Marta Gomez-Chiarri   +5 more
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First report of detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in oysters (Crassostrea sp.) in the state of Maranhão

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020
The aim of this study was to report on detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in oysters (Crassostrea sp.) in the state of Maranhão. To conduct this study, 200 farmed oysters were acquired in the municipality of Raposa and 100 in Paço do Lumiar; and a ...
Camila Moraes Silva, Anna Letícia Pinto Silva, Karinne Francisca Cardoso Watanabe, Nancyleni Pinto Chaves Bezerra, Danilo Cutrim Bezerra, Hugo Moreira Gomes, Thais Brito Freire, Larissa Sarmento dos Santos, Alcina Vieira de Carvalho Neta, Ellainy Maria Conceição Silva, Viviane Correia Silva Coimbra   +10 more
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European Flat Oyster (Ostrea Edulis L.) in the Eastern Baltic as Evidence of Long-Distance Trade in Medieval and Early Modern Times

Heritage, 2022
Along most of the European littoral, oysters were appreciated as a wholesome and palatable food from the Stone Age onwards, yet were transported much further from their natural habitats when long-distance trade in marine foodstuffs began in medieval ...
Lembi Lõugas, Inna Jürjo, Erki Russow
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Growth, mortality and susceptibility of oyster Crassostrea spp. to Perkinsus spp. infection during on growing in northeast Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2017
Crassostrea rhizophorae and C. gasar oysters are cultivated in the northeast region. Perkinsus parasites infect bivalves, and their effects on oysters from tropical regions are poorly understood.
Marcos Paiva Scardua, Rogério Tubino Vianna, Sâmia Sousa Duarte, Natanael Dantas Farias, Maria Luíza Dias Correia, Helen Taynara Araújo dos Santos, Patricia Mirella da Silva   +6 more
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Delaware Inland Bays and Market Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Quality for Consumption

Journal of Food Quality, 2018
Consumption of raw oysters is known to cause serious health conditions due to bioaccumulation of contaminants. As filter feeders, oysters ingest bacteria along with phytoplankton from their surrounding habitats.
Gulnihal Ozbay, Lathadevi Karuna Chintapenta, Talaysha Lingham, Stephen Lumor, Jung-lim Lee, Bettina Taylor, Shobha Sriharan, Samuel Besong   +7 more
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