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Environmental Change In The Coastal Environment: Challenges For The Selection And Propagation Of Filter Feeding Species In Aquaculture, Stock Enhancement And Environmental Rehabilitation, Roger L. Mann
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Selection of species for aquaculture, fishery stock enhancement and environmental rehabilitation or restoration in the coastal zone requires consideration of the fact that species have evolved over geological time whereas changes in the coastal environment have occurred predominantly over recent historical time, often with the largest changes occurring within the past decades of human activity. The evolutionary issue is particularly noted with filter feeding molluscs, where extant species supporting both major natural fisheries and aquaculture have ancient lineages and evolved in environments that may have differed considerably from the locally turbid, nutrient enriched, disturbed (through watershed change and local activity) …
Perkinsosis In Molluscs: A Review, Antonio Villalba, Kimberly S. Reece, M. Camino Ordas, Sandra M. Casas, Antonio Figueras
Perkinsosis In Molluscs: A Review, Antonio Villalba, Kimberly S. Reece, M. Camino Ordas, Sandra M. Casas, Antonio Figueras
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The genus Perkinsus includes protistan parasites infecting marine molluscs throughout the world, some of which are associated with mass mortalities. Life cycle involves vegetative proliferation within the host, by which a cell named trophozoite undergoes successive bipartitioning. Other stages have been observed in vitro or in vivo, depending on the species: hypnospore, zoosporangium and zoospore. Molecular taxonomy supports a close affinity between dinoflagellates and Perkinsus spp. Six species of Perkinsus are currently considered valid: P. marinus, P. olseni, P. qugwadi, P. chesapeaki, P. andrewsi and P. mediterraneus. Histology and, above all, incubation of host tissues in Ray’s fluid thioglycollate medium …