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Larval biology and mariculture of the angelwing clam, Cyrtopleura costata

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Date Issued:
1991
Title: Larval biology and mariculture of the angelwing clam, Cyrtopleura costata.
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Name(s): Gustafson, R. G., creator
Creswell, R. LeRoy, creator
Jacobsen, T. R., creator
Vaughan, David E., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1991
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Extent: 24 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3353860 (digitool), FADT3353860 (IID), fau:6650 (fedora), 10.1016/0044-8486(91)90092-L (doi)
Note(s): The deep-burrowing angelwing clam, Cyrtopleura costata (Family Pholadidae), occurs in shallow water from Massachusetts, USA, to Brazil and has been a commercially harvested food product in Cuba and Puerto Rico. This study examines its potential for commercial aquaculture development. The combined effects of salinity and temperature on survival and shell growth to metamorphosis of angelwing larvae were studied using a 5 × 5 factorial design; salinities ranged from 15 to 35‰ S, in 5‰ S intervals, and temperatures ranged from 15 to 35°C in 5°C intervals. Greatest larval shell growth occurred at 30°C and 20‰ S over the first 8 days and at 30°C and 25‰ S over the entire 16-day larval period.
The final published version of this manuscript is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00448486 and may be cited as: Gustafson, R. G., Creswell, R. L., Jacobsen, T. R., & Vaughan, D. E. (1991). Larval biology and mariculture of the angelwing clam, Cyrtopleura costata. Aquaculture, 95(3-4), 257-279. doi:10.1016/0044-8486(91)90092-L
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #794.
Subject(s): Clams--Larvae
Mariculture
Shellfish aquaculture
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353860
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0044-8486(91)90092-L
Restrictions on Access: ©1991 Elsevier B.V.
Host Institution: FAU