The American oyster Crassostrea virginica in Cheapeake Bay

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dc.contributor.authorHaven, Dexter
dc.contributor.departmentVirginia Institute of Marine Science
dc.coverage.locationEaston, PA
dc.date2025-06-11T08:27:23.834
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-12T14:38:32Z
dc.date.available2025-06-12T14:38:32Z
dc.date.issued1987
dc.description.abstractThe American Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is widely distributed in Chesapeake Bay where it grows in the intertidal zone to depths of about 6.5 m. The salinity range over which it occurs, is from about 5 to 34 ° /oo. It is most abundant in protected embayments where bottoms are a firm sand-clay mixed with shelly material. This bivalve is a filter feeder, and ingests planktonic material which it strains from the water with its gills. Spawning occurs in Chesapeake Bay from June through September, and the eggs and resulting larvae are widely distributed during their 10-20 day planktonic life. Growth and development, predators and diseases and oyster fishery are briefly discussed.
dc.description.departmentVirginia Institute of Marine Science
dc.identifier.other960667075
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.wm.edu/handle/internal/19293
dc.publisherPennsylvania Academy of Science
dc.relation.ispartofContaminant Problems and Management of Living Chesapeake Bay Resources
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1054&context=vimsbooks&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectVIMS Books and Book Chapters
dc.subjectEstuarine ecology
dc.subjectwater pollution
dc.subjectenvironmental policy
dc.titleThe American oyster Crassostrea virginica in Cheapeake Bay
dc.typebookchapter
dc.typearticle
digcom.identifiervimsbooks/56
digcom.identifier.contextkey17556763
digcom.identifier.submissionpathvimsbooks/56
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