| During the MOREST project (2001–2006), oyster summer mortality was extensively investigated in Crassostrea gigas in France. However, significant increases in magnitude and geographic distribution of summer mortality episodes have been reported since 2008. This paper investigates the response to selection for survival, which was successfully performed between 2001 and 2003, in this new context. It also examines the relationship between the mortality and the three pathogens Vibrio aestuarianus, V. splendidus and the Ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1). Three batches of juvenile (6-month-old) Crassostrea gigas were produced in February 2009 and tested in the field in the Marennes-Oléron Bay during summer (August and September) 2009: one control batch, one batch... |
