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  • Identification of optimal broodstock for Pacific Northwest oysters

    Creator:
    Stick, David A.
    Abstract:
    The United States Pacific Northwest is well known for its shellfish farming. Historically, commercial harvests were dominated by the native Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida, but over-exploitation, habitat degradation, and competition and predation by non-native species has drastically depleted their densities and extirpated many local populations. As a result, shellfish aquaculture...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864) to temperate western North America. Journal of Shellfish