Scientific names: Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793), Ostreidae, Bivalvia Synonyms: Gryphaea angulata Lamarck 1819; Ostrea gigas Thunberg 1793; Ostrea laperousii Schrenk 1861; Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse 1862. Note: The Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata is a name often used for this species. According to genetic studies it was shown that Crassostrea angulata is likely a strain of Crassost...

both micronuclei (mn) and binuclei (bn) as well as rapd (random amplifying polymorphism of dna) assays are newly biomarkers which are well-introduced in toxic injury and related genotoxicity studies in bivalve, fishes and even humans. however, there is no record of such studies in iranian persian gulf coast line so far. for this propose, we analyzed frequency of mn and rapd patterns in gill cel...

UNLABELLED In the summer of 2010, Vibrio parahaemolyticus caused an outbreak in Maryland linked to the consumption of oysters. Strains isolated from both stool and oyster samples were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). However, the oysters contained other potentially pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus strains exhibiting different PFGE patterns. In order to assess the iden...

The relative contributions of the spring-neap tides, river discharge and vertical behavior to the dispersal of eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) larvae in Delaware Bay is investigated with a coupled circulation-individual-based larvae model. The coupled model simulates larval growth and behavior along particle trajectories using temperature and salinity conditions obtained from an implemen...

In Korea, oyster culture began in the early 1900’s. Commercial oyster culture using the hanging system started in the 1960’s, on the southern coast. After the 1960’s, production of cultured oysters has increased every year to the late 1980’s with the highest production recorded at 288,078 metric tons in 1987. This upward trend stagnated in the 1990’s and production dropped to 174,117 metric ton...

*Autor para envío de correspondencia: José Manuel Grijalva-Chon Correo electrónico: [email protected] Recibido: 22 de mayo de 2014 Aceptado: 05 de octubre de 2014 ABSTRACT At present, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is the most cultivated shellfish in northwest Mexico. Nonetheless, other mollusks species such as the black clam Chione fluctifraga, which can be found along with cultur...

Pethia longicauda, a new cyprinid fish, is described from Hiranyakeshi River, Krishna drainage, Maharashtra, India. It can be distinguished from congeners based on a combination of characters including: a long caudal peduncle, incomplete lateral line, absence of barbels, upper lip thick and fleshy, distinct lateral fold on snout, 22-24 scales in lateral series, 5-6 lateral-line pored scales, ni...