Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1962
Abstract
During the winter of 1960-61 exceptional mortalities occurred among certain oysters on the Virginia Seaside. These mortalities were greatest among James River oysters held intertidally and South Carolina imports placed below low tide level. Intertidal native oysters suffered small mortalities but among subtidal native or James River oysters only the very oldest, with extensive disease histories, showed any winter mortality. (...)
Publication Statement
Unpublished manuscript from the H.D. Hoese collection. Observations and studies from the Eastern Shore Laboratory in Wachapreague and region.
Recommended Citation
Hoese, H. D. (1962) Winter mortalities of oysters on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1959-1961. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/2481
