Growth rate of farmed Mangrove oysters (Magallana bilineata) at Laucala Bay, Suva, Fiji
Journal of Aquaculture Science, 2023 The cultivation of oysters has a significant historical background in the South Pacific region. The cultivation of pearls has been a significant source of livelihood for numerous island nations.
Melody S. Vanukon Vanukon +5 more
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Oceanography and Pacific Oyster Biochemical Composition in a Novel Oyster‐Growing Region
Aquaculture, Fish and FisheriesThe farming of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea [Magallana] gigas) is a rapidly growing industry in Alaska, where farms represent some of the highest latitude oyster cultivation efforts in the world.
Rebecca Cates +8 more
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Distribution of Tetrodotoxin in Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas). [PDF]
Mar Drugs, 2021 A potent and heat-stable tetrodotoxin (TTX) has been found to accumulate in various marine bivalve species, including Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas), raising a food safety concern. While several studies on geographical occurrence of TTX have been conducted, there is a lack of knowledge about the distribution of the toxin within and between ...
Dhanji-Rapkova M +4 more
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Persistence, seasonal dynamics and pathogenic potential of Vibrio communities from Pacific oyster hemolymph. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Bacteria of the genus Vibrio occur at a continuum from free-living to symbiotic life forms, including opportunists and pathogens, that can contribute to severe diseases, for instance summer mortality events of Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas.
Carolin C Wendling +2 more
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Adult Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) May Have Light Sensitivity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Light-sensitivity is an important aspect of mollusk survival as it plays a vital role in reproduction and predator avoidance. In the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas light sensitivity has been demonstrated in the larval stage but has not yet been ...
Changlu Wu +6 more
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Regional and oyster microenvironmental scale heterogeneity in the Pacific oyster bacterial community [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2020 ABSTRACTDifferent organs of a host represent distinct microenvironments resulting in the establishment of multiple discrete bacterial communities within a host. These discrete bacterial communities can also vary according to geographical location. For the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, the factors governing bacterial diversity and abundance of ...
King, William L. +8 more
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Pesticides and Ostreid Herpesvirus 1 Infection in the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Since 2008, mass mortality outbreaks have been reported in all French regions producing Pacific oysters, and in several Member States of the European Union. These mass mortality events of Pacific oysters are related to OsHV-1 infection. They occur during
Pierrick Moreau +3 more
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How dense is dense? Toward a harmonized approach to characterizing reefs of non-native Pacific oysters – with consideration of native mussels [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2020 Pacific oysters Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas have been successfully invading ecosystems worldwide. As an ecosystem engineer, they have the potential to substantially impact on other species and on functional processes of invaded ecosystems.
Alexandra Markert
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A scientific name for Pacific oysters [PDF]
Aquaculture, 2019 WOS:000447083800041 ; International ...
Bayne, B. +15 more
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Microorganisms, 2023 Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) are widely cultured in Chinese marine ranching with high economic value. However, mass death of farmed oysters has occurred frequently in recent years because of diseases and environmental disturbance (e.g., high ...
Guangjie Fang +5 more
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