Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1958
Journal
Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association
Volume
48
First Page
162
Last Page
173
Abstract
A non-random distribution of cysts of Nematopsi.s along the mantle margin of oysters was discovered. Sampling sites must be carefully chosen for cornparative studies. When oysters with high and low initial infections of Nematopsis were transplanted into areas of low and high infestation respectively, the transplants attained the characteristic level of inf'ections of native oysters in that area. Presumably a dynamic equilibrium of elimination and reinfection of the parasite was reached. Spores discharged from living oysters may infect crabs.
Publication Statement
Contribution (Virginia Fisheries Laboratory) ; no. 88.
Recommended Citation
Feng, Sung Yen, Observations on distribution and elimination of spores of Nematopsis ostrearum in oysters (1958). Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association, 48, 162-173.
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