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Oyster Spatfall in Virginia Rivers: 1982 Annual Summary

Haven, Dexter S.
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Whitcomb, James
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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) conducts weekly surveys from June through early October to obtain oyster spatfall information. Spat counts are made from oyster shells strung on wire and suspended from stakes on public and private beds. The number of spat on shells are counted each week of the spawning season to determine the potential of a particular area for receiving a strike and to predict the most likely period the strikes will occur.
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1983
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Molluscan Ecology Program
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Molluscan Ecology Program, Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Va.), Oyster--Monitoring, Oyster fisheries--Virginia, Oysters--Chesapeake Bay (Va.)
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https://doi.org/10.21220/V5832N
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