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Oysters influence nutrient cycling, water filtration, habitat structure, biodiversity, and food web dynamics. [26] Oyster reef habitats have been recognized as green infrastructure for shoreline protection. [27] Assimilation of nitrogen and phosphorus into shellfish tissues provides an opportunity to remove these nutrients from the water column.
Telfairia pedata, commonly known as oysternut [4] (alternately spelled as 'oyster nut', etc. [5]), queen's nut, [4] Zanzibar oilvine [4] (alternately spelled as 'oil vine', etc. [5]), kweme or kulekula, is a dioecious African liana which can grow up to 30 metres long, having purple-pink fringed flowers, and very large (30–90 cm × 15–25 cm), many-seeded, drooping, ellipsoid berries which ...
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)—also called the Atlantic oyster, American oyster, or East Coast oyster—is a species of true oyster native to eastern North and South America. Other names in local or culinary use include the Wellfleet oyster , [ 3 ] Virginia oyster , Malpeque oyster , Blue Point oyster , Chesapeake Bay oyster , and ...
Back in the 1970s, when Korea was closed to the outside world, locals relied on black market dealers to get their hands on everything from American cigarettes to Ritz crackers. Though this illicit ...
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Unlike most bivalves, the Olympia oyster's shell lacks the periostracum, which is the outermost coating of shell that prevents erosion of the underlying shell. The color of the oyster's flesh is white to a light olive green. Ostrea lurida oysters lie with their left valve on the substrate, where they are firmly attached. Unlike most bivalves ...
Research shows that filter feeders such as oysters, clams and mussels have the potential to accumulate high concentrations of heavy metals in their soft tissues, posing a risk to humans ...
Pacific oyster females are very fecund, and individuals of 70–100 g live weight can produce 50–80 million eggs in a single spawn. [10] Broodstock adults are held in tanks at 20–22 °C, supplied with cultured algae and with salinities of 25–32 ppt. [ 10 ] These individuals can be induced to spawn by thermal shock treatment. [ 10 ]