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Culture Methods For Growing The Clam Mercenaria Mercenaria, Michael Castagna
Culture Methods For Growing The Clam Mercenaria Mercenaria, Michael Castagna
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A pilot-scale experimental clam farming operation has been carried out since 1975 by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science of the College of William and Mary at Wachapreague, Virginia, on the mid Atlantic coast of the United States. The bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria (Linne, 1758) grown in this experiment is a commercially-important mollusk found principally in the central latitudes of the Western Atlantic.
Chemical Induction Of Spawning By Serotonin In The Ocean Quahog Arctica Islandica (Linne), M. C. Gibbons, J. G. Goodsell, M. Castagna, R. Lutz
Chemical Induction Of Spawning By Serotonin In The Ocean Quahog Arctica Islandica (Linne), M. C. Gibbons, J. G. Goodsell, M. Castagna, R. Lutz
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Serotonin injected into the anterior adductor muscle induced spawning in the ocean quahog Arcrica islandica (Linne) when using either individual or mass spawning techniques. This represents the fir st successful attempt to induce the release of gametes in this species which historically has been unresponsive to conventional spawning stimuli. The gametes released were competent and fertilization occurred without treating the encapsulated eggs with ammonium hydroxide or other chemicals. Larvae were reared through metamorphosis to early juvenile stage.