Open AccessRELATIVE EFFICACY OF TWO ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES IN THE COLLECTION OF SEA SCALLOP ( Placopecten magellanicus ) SPAT
Author(s) -
Naidu K. S.,
Cahill F. M.,
Lewis D. B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of the world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0735-0147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1981.tb00291.x
Subject(s) - scallop , biology , fishery , substrate (aquarium) , oceanography , ecology , geology
Relative efficacy of two substrates commonly employed for procuring scallop spat is described. Monofilament gillnetting was superior to flexible polyethylene insofar as collecting greater numbers of sea scallops was concerned. Overlapping in sheet polyethylene resulted in rapid substrate saturation thus reducing substrate surface for larval attachment.