Experiments and Observations on Swarming, Pelagic Life and Setting in the European Flat Oyster, Ostrea Edulis L. |
Contents
SWARMING PELAGIC LIFE AND SETTING | 5 |
The range of Ostrea edulis | 11 |
Hydrographical conditions | 17 |
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Common terms and phrases
adult oysters angle of surface Arcachon attachment Barnegat Bay basin Bergen op Zoom bottom COLE and KNIGHT collectors correlation cultch current-velocity diagrams differences eggs factors favourable female fixation full-grown larvae GAARDER gonad graphs HAGMEIER HOPKINS horizontal incubation influence intensity of setting investigations July kinds of oysters KNIGHT JONES larvae of Ostrea layers Limfjord litres low slack water low water male mature larvae metres NELSON number of full-grown number of larvae number of mature number of spat observed obtained occur Olympia oyster Oosterschelde ORTON Ostrea edulis Ostrea gigas Ostrea lurida Ostrea virginica oysterlarvae pelagic stage percentage of oysters periodicity of spawning plankton plankton-samples plates possible production of larvae PRYTHERCH salinity season of reproduction setting process sex-change shells SPÄRCK spatfall sperm station Kattendijke station Yersche Bank Strijen tanks temperature tidal currents tidal cycle tide total number upper-surfaces velocity vertical distribution VIII water-temperature Wemeldinge Zeeland