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Methods of Collecting Oyster Spat
Author(s) -
Bonnot Paul
Publication year - 1940
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1939)69[263:mocos]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - oyster , larva , fishery , abundance (ecology) , natural (archaeology) , environmental science , biology , ecology , paleontology
An important phase of the program for the rehabilitation of the once prosperous oyster industry of California has been the development of more efficient collectors for taking natural larvae to be reared on artificial beds. Two exceptionally efficient types of collectors were developed. Their increased efficiency was due to the fact that larvae set on both the upper and lower sides of their horizontal surfaces. Older types of collectors ordinarily take larvae in abundance only on the lower sides of horizontal surfaces.