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Journal of the Franklin Institute, 1919 n ...
Hiltner, R. S., Wichmann, H. J.
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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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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 +9 more
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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 +4 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 +4 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 +5 more
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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 +6 more
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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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The Contamination of Oysters [PDF]
Epidemiology and Infection, 1920 The Harbour of Poole lies a few miles to the West of Bournemouth. It has an area approximately of 10,000 acres, but there is only a very narrow passage between its waters and the open sea. The width of this bottle-neck entrance is about 250 yards. The last published Admiralty chart gives the rate of the incoming tide through this narrow entrance at 3¼ ...
A T, Nankivell, J M, Stanley
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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 +5 more
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