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Preparing Florida hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, culture for climate change
| Title: | Preparing Florida hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, culture for climate change. |
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| Name(s): |
Scarpa, John, creator Baker, S. M., creator Sturmer, Leslie N., creator |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2011 | |
| Publisher: | Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling | |
| Extent: | 4 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3352219 (digitool), FADT3352219 (IID), fau:6551 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
Increasing ocean temperatures and sea level rise occurring from climate change will affect worldwide coastal fisheries, oyster-based ecosystems and aquaculture. Models predict that average surface temperature of the Earth could increase 1.8- 4.0°C by 2100. Organisms that are currently near temperature thresholds are likely to suffer increasing mortality. Shellfish growers across Florida, USA have experienced losses of market-size clams when summer water temperatures exceed 32°C, especially on the Gulf of Mexico coast where temperatures have increased by 0.3 to 2.0°C in the past 20-30 yrs. In light of recurring summer mortality events, as well as increasing ocean temperatures, it is clear that the Florida clam aquaculture industry needs a heat-tolerant clam strain to reduce summer mortalities, adapt to future climate change, and continue to contribute to global food security. This abstract may be cited as: Scarpa, J., Baker, S. M., & Sturmer, L. N. (2011). Evaluation of thermally selected multi-parental crosses with Mercenaria mercenaria and M. mercenaria x M. campechiensis clam hybrids to improve hard clam crop production in Florida. 14th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, 23-27 August, 2011, Stirling, Scotland, UK. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1842. |
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| Subject(s): |
Northern quahog Mercenaria mercenaria Climate change Aquaculture Clams--Florida Temperature |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3352219 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2011 Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
