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| Vignier, Julien; Rolton, Anne; Soudant, Philippe; Chu, Fu-lin E.; Robert, Rene; Volety, Aswani K.. |
| The 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig generated the largest marine oil spill in US history with millions of barrels of crude oil released in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is an ecologically and economically important species in the northern GoM. Due to its biological characteristics (sessile, filter feeding), juvenile oysters may have been affected. This study investigated the effects of surface-collected DWH oil prepared as high-energy water-accommodated fraction (HEWAF) on the survival of 2-month-old oyster spat, and evaluated the potential impacts of HEWAF on particle clearance rate and spat tissue. Exposure of oysters to a range of oil/HEWAF (0-7-66-147-908-3450 mu g tPAH50 (sum of 50... |
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Palavras-chave: Oyster spat; Deepwater Horizon oil; Sublethal; Tissue; Inflammatory response; Histopathology. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00425/53615/54548.pdf |
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| Mcfarland, Katherine; Soudant, Philippe; Jean, Frederic; Volety, Aswani K.. |
| Understanding the population dynamics of invasive species, such as the green mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758), can aid in explaining the success of newly introduced populations and help predict the potential for spread. During a two-year field study of established populations in the invaded region of southwest Florida, year round gametogenesis and continuous spawning capabilities were observed through histological analysis of mussels collected monthly. This was supported by overall stable energetic reserves as measured through proximal biochemical composition (protein, glycogen and lipid content). However, egg outputs in the summer (6.4 x 10(6) +/- 2.6 x 10(6) eggs / female) were significantly higher than egg outputs of winter-spawned mussels (7.7 x... |
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Palavras-chave: Gametogenesis; Protein; Glycogen; Lipid; Induced spawning. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00616/72842/72974.pdf |
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