Browsing by Subject "American oyster"
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The American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) as a bioindicator of trace organic contamination
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)This study was designed to examine the uptake and depuration of trace organic contaminants, e.g. poly nuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), including planar congeners, and butyltin species, ... -
Changes in the growth, metabolism, disease levels and energy budget of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica induced by an ectoparasitic gastropod, Boonea impressa
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The ectoparasitic gastropod, Boonea impressa, altered the biochemical composition, energy balance, growth and the incidence and intensity of disease in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica. B. impressa transferred ... -
The effect of acute salinity stress on the activity of key enzymes of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)The enzymatic response of individual tissues are variable for acute salinity stress. Adductor muscle in all cases exhibited a predominant anaerobic pathway, but concomittant activity of enzymes such as GDH and GOT associated ...