Odangowei Inetiminebi Ogidi, Eruom Esther Charles, Adubazi Momohjimoh Onimisi, Ruth Amugeh,
... African giant land snails (Archachatina marginata) and clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) from Ekowe community. Methodology: Mineral and vitamin contents ... 0.07±0.01% for Archachatina marginata and Mercenaria mercenaria respectively. Mineral contents were in this order: Ca > ... Mg > Na > Fe >Mn for Archachatina marginata while Mercenaria mercenaria was Ca> K > PO4 > Mg > Fe >Mn> Na. ... for vitamin A, B1, B2 & E respectively. While Mercenaria mercenaria was 3.93±0.070%, 0.13±0. ...
Tópico(s): Mollusks and Parasites Studies
2020 - Sciencedomain International | European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety
... meps12431 Thermal and viscous effects of temperature on Mercenaria mercenaria suspension feeding Jaclyn A. Specht, Heidi L. Fuchs* ... rutgers.edu ABSTRACT: Temperature can affect hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria growth and survival through its influence on suspension ... the effects of temperature and viscosity on M. mercenaria clearance, ingestion and ciliary beat rates. Ingestion and ... of ciliary response to viscosity indicates that M. mercenaria ingestion rates are driven by physiological rather than ... 2018) Thermal and viscous effects of temperature on Mercenaria mercenaria suspension feeding. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 589: ...
Tópico(s): Cephalopods and Marine Biology
2017 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
C. A. Miller, George G. Waldbusser,
... post-larval stage-based model of hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria development in response to multiple stressors: temperature and ... infaunal bivalve larvae, such as the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria, pore waters high in CO2 exert a physiological ... and reduce calcification for ‘just settled’ juvenile M. mercenaria, a life stage that heavily affects adult clam ... state affect post-settlement survival of juvenile M. mercenaria. Initial model simulations predict a similar consistency and ... WORDS: Ocean acidification · Stage-based model · Juvenile clam · Mercenaria mercenaria · Temperature-dependent growth · Post-larval development Full ...
Tópico(s): Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
2016 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
Kailai Wang, Emmanuelle Pales Espinosa, Arnaud Tanguy, Bassem Allam,
... that causes severe losses in the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) fisheries along the northeastern coast of the US. ... a major role for water temperature and M. mercenaria genetic origin in disease development. Infections are more ... have been examined in susceptible and resistant M. mercenaria at physiological and cellular scales, the underlying molecular ... out to explore the molecular changes in M. mercenaria in response to temperature and QPX infection on ... between susceptible and resistant clam stocks. A M. mercenaria oligoarray (15 K Agilent) platform was produced based ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
2015 - Elsevier BV | Fish & Shellfish Immunology
AM Cathey, Nathan Miller, David G. Kimmel,
... doi.org/10.3354/meps09895 Microchemistry of juvenile Mercenaria mercenaria shell: implications for modeling larval dispersal A. M. ... signals in juvenile shells of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria within an estuarine−lagoonal system near Cape Lookout, ... validation of a similar chemical signal of M. mercenaria larval shells is possible and may be used ... trajectory of this economically important species. KEY WORDS: Mercenaria mercenaria · Microchemistry · Larval dispersal · Population connectivity · Estuary · Plasma ...
Tópico(s): Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
2012 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
... spring growth in selected and non-selected juvenile Mercenaria mercenaria Chester B. Zarnoch1,*, Matthew Sclafani2 1Department of Natural ... ABSTRACT: Juvenile cultured northern quahogs or hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria can experience significant mortalities during their first winter, and cultured M. mercenaria var. notata clams, selected for fast growth, may ... clam growth and energetics. KEY WORDS: Hard clam · Mercenaria mercenaria var. notata · Overwinter mortality · Aquaculture · Biochemical composition · ...
Tópico(s): Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
2010 - Inter-Research | Aquatic Biology
W. Scott Arnold, Stephen P. Geiger, Sarah P. Stephenson,
... 2009) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00137 Mercenaria mercenaria introductions into Florida, USA, waters: duration, not size ... Wild stocks of hard clams from the genus Mercenaria historically supported commercial fisheries, but, as these stocks ... Along the east coast of the USA, M. mercenaria is indigenous and used for aquaculture. Indigenous Gulf ... short shelf life. Aquaculture operations have introduced M. mercenaria into GOM waters, resulting in altered Mercenaria species composition to the detriment of M. campechiensis. ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
2009 - Inter-Research | Aquatic Biology
R. I. E. Newell, ST Tettelbach, CJ Gobler, David G. Kimmel,
... Relationships between reproduction in suspension-feeding hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria and phytoplankton community structure Roger I. E. Newell1,*, ... We hypothesized that the decline in hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria populations since the 1970s in many of the ... clam · Phytoplankton composition · Brown tide · Reproduction · Aureococcus anophagefferens · Mercenaria mercenaria Full text in pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite ... Relationships between reproduction in suspension-feeding hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria and phytoplankton community structure. Mar Ecol Prog ...
Tópico(s): Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
2009 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
Geneviève J. Parent, Fabrice Pernet, Réjean Tremblay, JM Sévigny, M. Ouellette,
... membrane lipids in gills of adult hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria during declining temperature Geneviève J. Parent1, Fabrice Pernet2, ... adaptation, was observed in the juvenile hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria during a temperature reduction from 24 to –1° ... in Atlantic Canada and the selectively bred M. mercenaria var. notata were held at an aquaculture growout ... membrane lipids in gills of adult hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria during declining temperature. Aquat Biol 3:101-109. ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
2008 - Inter-Research | Aquatic Biology
RL Marinelli, Sarah A. Woodin,
... a test of solute and substrate specificity using Mercenaria mercenaria and Capitella sp. 1 Roberta L. Marinelli1,*, Sarah ... ammonium concentration and examined the recruitment responses of Mercenaria mercenaria and Capitella sp. 1 to experimentally altered, as ... as naturally disturbed, surfaces. Results suggest that M. mercenaria avoid disturbed habitats, regardless of ammonium concentration; however, ... and sand surfaces, and disturbed sand surfaces. M. mercenaria rejected disturbed sediments regardless of ammonium or oxygen ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
2004 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
W. Scott Arnold, Theresa M. Bert, Irvy R. Quitmyer, D. S. Jones,
... of each of three hard clam genotype classes (Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus), Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin), and hybrid forms of the two ... growth-band formation that we describe for M. mercenaria from the Indian River is similar to patterns ... forms is similar to that observed for M. mercenaria. In contrast, during winter and spring subtle but significant deviations from the M. mercenaria growth pattern were noted. For M. campechiensis, relatively ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
1998 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
William S. Arnold, Dan C. Marelli, Theresa M. Bert, D. S. Jones, Irvy R. Quitmyer,
Microgeographic variation in shell growth rate of Mercenaria mercenaria (L.) among habitats within the Indian River, Florida, was studied to develop a baseline against which the significance of M. mercenaria shell growth rate differences observed over a larger ... could be compared. Hard clams of the genus Mercenaria were collected from 525 randomly located stations within ... using diagnostic protein loci. Clams identified as M. mercenaria (n = 465) were isolated and their shell growth ... shell growth-increment formation in genetically identified M. mercenaria from the Indian River was documented using specimens ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
1991 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
... behavior of hemolymph cells of the quahaug clam: Mercenaria mercenaria. Biol. Bull. 146: 343–356. 16 Feng, S. ... 1975. Release of lysozyme from hemolymph cells of Mercenaria mercenaria during phagocytosis. J. Invert. Pathol. 25: 261–265. ... Foley. 1975. Hemolymph cells of the bivalve mollusc Mercenaria mercenaria: an electron microscopical study. J. Invert. Pathol In ... hemolymph cells of the pelecypods Crassostrea virginica and Mercenaria mercenaria. J. Invert. Pathol. 25: 189–197. 27 Bang, ... enzymes in the hemolymph of Crassostrea virginica and Mercenaria mercenaria. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. In press. 40 Tappel, ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
1975 - Wiley | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
... Hillman, 1968). The mantle of the quahog clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, is particularly rich in a variety of mucosubstances ( ... clam. The mantle margin of the quahog M. mercenaria terminates in four folds. The first or outermost ... MATERIALS AND METHODS Specimens of the clam M. mercenaria were collected from Duxbury Bay, Massachusetts periodically throughout ... http://about.jstor.org/terms HILLMAN-MUCOSUBSTANCES IN MERCENARIA MANTLE 421 For general histological visualization, sections were ... the second fold in the mantle of M. mercenaria. The dark cells (AMP) produce a sulfated glycosaminoglycan ...
Tópico(s): Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
1969 - Wiley | Transactions of the American Microscopical Society
Eve Galimany, Jessica Lunt, CJ Freeman, Sherry A. Reed, Iris Segura, Valerie J. Paul,
... of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica and hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria in shallow estuaries E. Galimany*, J. Lunt, C. ... ABSTRACT: Eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica and hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria are key organisms for both the ecosystem services ... of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica and hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria in shallow estuaries. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 567: ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
2017 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
Matthew J. Harke, Christopher J. Gobler, Sandra E. Shumway,
... Argopecten irradians and northern quahog or hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria), while populations of the Atlantic slipper limpet Crepidula ... of suspension feeding by C. fornicata and M. mercenaria in the presence of different strains of A. ... source (Isochrysis galbana), whereas clearance rates of M. mercenaria fed toxic clones of A. anophagefferens were significantly ... order of magnitude greater than those of M. mercenaria (p < 0.001). Finally, during mesocosm experiments, C. ... stocked with equal or greater biomasses of M. mercenaria were unchanged. These results demonstrate that C. fornicata ...
Tópico(s): Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
2011 - Elsevier BV | Harmful Algae
Soren F. Dahl, Joshua Thiel, Bassem Allam,
... to compare the performance of different hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) strains in local clamming waters of New York state. Experimental clams included a Mercenaria mercenaria notata seed obtained from a Florida broodstock, and ... obtained from local hatcheries, including a cultured M. mercenaria notata strain and a first-generation "wild-type" ... second summer in the cultured New York (M. mercenaria notata) strain in which clam survival was high ...
Tópico(s): Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
2010 - National Shellfisheries Association | Journal of Shellfish Research
Ruth H. Carmichael, Theresa K. Hattenrath, Iván Valiela, RH Michener,
... ARTICLE Nitrogen stable isotopes in the shell of Mercenaria mercenaria trace wastewater inputs from watersheds to estuarine ecosystems ... in the organic matrix of whole shells from Mercenaria mercenaria as tracers of anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to coastal ... 2008) Nitrogen stable isotopes in the shell of Mercenaria mercenaria trace wastewater inputs from watersheds to estuarine ecosystems. ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2008 - Inter-Research | Aquatic Biology
Wolf T. Pecher, Mohammad Alavi, Eric J. Schott, José A. Fernández‐Robledo, Laura Roth, Sean T. Berg, Gerardo R. Vasta,
... distribution of Perkinsus species in C. virginica and Mercenaria mercenaria, collected from Maine to Virginia, by applying PCR- ... andrewsi, and a Perkinsus sp. isolated from M. mercenaria. DNA samples of M. mercenaria possessed potent PCR inhibitory activity, which was overcome ... Interestingly, the prevalence of P. marinus in M. mercenaria was significantly lower than in C. virginica, suggesting that M. mercenaria is not an optimal host for P. marinus.
Tópico(s): Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
2008 - American Society of Parasitologists | Journal of Parasitology
Huimin Qian, Q. Liu, Bassem Allam, Jackie L. Collier,
... QPX (Thraustochytridae), a parasite of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria Hua Qian*, Qianqian Liu*, Bassem Allam, Jackie L. ... has sporadically caused disease in the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria along the east coast of North America since ... QPX (Thraustochytridae), a parasite of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria. Dis Aquat Org 77:159-168. https://doi. ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
2007 - Inter-Research | Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
V. Monica Bricelj, SP MacQuarrie,
... of brown tide (Aureococcus anophagefferens) on hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria larvae and implications for benthic recruitment V. Monica ... and planktotrophic larval development of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria, a commercially important bivalve in the region. This ... KEY WORDS: Brown tide · Aureococcus anophagefferens · Clam larvae · Mercenaria mercenaria Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - ...
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
2007 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
RM Cerrato, DA Caron, DJ Lonsdale, Julie M. Rose, RA Schaffner,
... 10.3354/meps281093 Effect of the northern quahog Mercenaria mercenaria on the development of blooms of the brown ... to examine the ability of the northern quahog Mercenaria mercenaria to prevent blooms of the brown tide alga ... phytoplankton assemblage and form brown tides. KEY WORDS: Mercenaria mercenaria · Aureococcus anophagefferens · Brown tide · Phytoplankton · Microzooplankton · Grazing pressure ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
2004 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
Mark A. Ragan, G S MacCallum, Colleen Murphy, Jamie J. Cannone, Robin R. Gutell, S. E. McGladdery,
... dao042185 Protistan parasite QPX of hard-shell clam Mercenaria mercenaria is a member of Labyrinthulomycota Mark A. Ragan1, ... QPX (quahaug parasite X) of hard-shell clam Mercenaria mercenaria was enriched from in vitro culture. The nuclear ... geographic isolates. KEY WORDS: QPX, quahaug parasite X · Mercenaria mercenaria · Hard-shell clam · Small-subunit ribosomal DNA · Labyrinthulomycota · ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
2000 - Inter-Research | Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
Deirdre Roberts, Dan Rittschof, Donald J. Gerhart, A.R. Schmidt, L. Hill,
... a field study of marked individuals, the clam Mercenaria mercenaria (L.) migrated vertically in a rhythm that was ... Clam depth was independent of clam size. M. mercenaria migrated vertically in sand, mud, and oyster rubble ... increase in pressure caused upward movement of M. mercenaria. Field experiments restricting vertical movements of M. mercenaria showed that clams buried 20 mm or deeper ... of the tidally based vertical migration of M. mercenaria.
Tópico(s): Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
1989 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
John H. Hunt, William G. Ambrose, Charles H. Peterson,
... Ilyanassa obsoleta(Say) and a suspension-feeding bivalve, Mercenaria mercenaria (L.), were manipulated to test the importance of ... declined in abundance with increasing I. obsoleta density. Mercenaria mercenaria had little or no effect upon larval settlement. The effect of Ilyanassa obsoleta and Mercenaria mercenaria combined was equivalent to the sum of the ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
1987 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Carol Ann Moore, Stuart R. Gelder,
... were demonstrated by cytochemical techniques in hemocytes of Mercenaria mercenaria prior to and following in vitro exposure to ... been reported in hemocytes from Crassostrea virginica and Mercenaria mercenaria (see Cheng & Rodrick, 1975), while, more recently, Huffman & ... granules, the dominant cytoplasmic granules in hemocytes of Mercenaria, have been shown to sequester neutral red and ... localize selected lysosomal enzymes in hemocytes of M. mercenaria prior to and following 1 We acknowledge the ...
Tópico(s): Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
1985 - Wiley | Transactions of the American Microscopical Society
DI Greenfield, DJ Lonsdale, RM Cerrato, GR Lopez,
... tide) on growth and feeding in the bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria Dianne I. Greenfield*, Darcy J. Lonsdale, Robert M. ... the growth and feeding physiology of northern quahogs Mercenaria mercenaria compared to other phytoplankton common to Long Island, ... and Thalassiosira pseudonana, were associated with rapid M. mercenaria growth. Conversely, Nitzschia closterium resulted in a comparatively ... background levels. Moreover, the different responses of M. mercenaria to each experimental diet have broad implications for ...
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
2004 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
... fossil record. To determine whether stone crabs (Menippe mercenaria Say 1818) leave diagnostic traces in the act of feeding on hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758), live clams were offered to crabs ... breakage resulting from sediment compaction. Fossil specimens of Mercenaria mercenaria were also examined to determine whether the criteria ...
Tópico(s): Crustacean biology and ecology
2010 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Autumn Oczkowski, MEQ Pilson, S. W. Nixon,
... A marked gradient in δ13C values of clams Mercenaria mercenaria across a marine embayment may reflect variations in ... examined δ13C values of filter-feeding hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria from 13 locations in Greenwich Bay, a sub- ... A marked gradient in δ13C values of clams Mercenaria mercenaria across a marine embayment may reflect variations in ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2010 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
Darcy J. Lonsdale, Robert M. Cerrato, David A. Caron, Rebecca A. Schaffner,
... last three decades, the abundance of the bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria, a benthic suspension feeder, has declined dramatically in ... that total clearance rate (L h−1) by Mercenaria mercenaria was the single best predictor of differences in ... findings indicate a potentially complex trophic role for Mercenaria mercenaria in estuarine food webs.
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2007 - Elsevier BV | Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science