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1979

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Oyster Diseases In Chesapeake Bay, Jay D. Andrews Jan 1979

Oyster Diseases In Chesapeake Bay, Jay D. Andrews

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Three major diseases of oysters have been monitored in Virginia estuaries for 2-3 decades. Dermocystidium marinum, causing a warm-season wasting disease, was discovered in Virginia in 1950 and continues actively to kill oysters where beds or populations are found in high salinity waters ( >15%). This disease spreads by close proximity of dying oysters to other oysters, hence each isolated bed must be sampled in early fall annually to document activity of the pathogen. Control involves avoiding infected seed oysters, cleaning beds of all oysters after harvest, and isolation of new beds. A new pathogen, Minchinia nelsoni (MSX), caused …


Description And Occurrence Of Vexillifer Larvae Of Echiodon (Pisces, Carapidae) In The Western North-Atlantic And Notes On Other Carapid Vexillifers, Je Olney, Df Markle Jan 1979

Description And Occurrence Of Vexillifer Larvae Of Echiodon (Pisces, Carapidae) In The Western North-Atlantic And Notes On Other Carapid Vexillifers, Je Olney, Df Markle

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Five hundred twenty-two vexillifers of an unnamed species of the carapid genus Echiodon are reported from ichthyoplankton collections made in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Middle Atlantic Bight, Sargasso Sea, and Scotian Shelf. These are compared with 36 vexi1lifers and one juvenile of the only other known western Atlantic carapine, Campus ber- I/ludensis, as well as two small unidentified western Atlantic vexillifers, and eight eastern Pacific vexillifers of E. exsiliul/l. Vexillum placement relative to anal-fin origin, myomeres, and vertebral centra appears to be a useful character for separating Echiodon vexillifers from other western Atlantic carapids. The vexillum in Echiodon …


The Use Of Sonic Gear To Chart Locations Of Natural Bars In Lower Chesapeake Bay., D. S. Haven, J. P. Whitcomb, J. M. Zeigler, W. C. Hale Jan 1979

The Use Of Sonic Gear To Chart Locations Of Natural Bars In Lower Chesapeake Bay., D. S. Haven, J. P. Whitcomb, J. M. Zeigler, W. C. Hale

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An underwater microphone has been developed to detect shell material on the bottom. The system is simple to use and easily constructed. It consists of a microphone encased in a PVC tube and suspended from an A-frame which is towed over the bottom. It is being used along with other methods to chart oyster bottoms in Virginia.


Some Aspects Of The Biology Of Deep-Sea Lobsters Of The Family Polychelidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) From The Western North-Atlantic, Elizabeth L. Wenner Jan 1979

Some Aspects Of The Biology Of Deep-Sea Lobsters Of The Family Polychelidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) From The Western North-Atlantic, Elizabeth L. Wenner

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