Evaluation of Three Northern Quahog (=Hard Clam)Mercenaria mercenaria(Linnaeus) Strains Grown in Massachusetts and New Jersey for QPX-Resistance

N. Kraeuter, John; E. Ford, Susan; Bushek, Dave; Scarpa, Emily; C. Walton, William; C. Murphy, Diane; Flimlin, Gef; Mathis, George

doi:10.2983/035.030.0321

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Evaluation of Three Northern Quahog (=Hard Clam)Mercenaria mercenaria(Linnaeus) Strains Grown in Massachusetts and New Jersey for QPX-Resistance

Published in Journal of Shellfish Research • Dec 1, 2011

Authors:

John N. Kraeuter

Susan E. Ford

Dave Bushek

Abstract

Three selected aquaculture strains of the commonly used hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)—Massachusetts (MA), New Jersey (NJ), and South Carolina (SC)—were reared in a single hatchery. They were planted in replicate plots in Barnstable Harbor, MA, and Dry Bay, NJ, in spring 2008 and ...

Subject

Mercenaria

Biology

Bay

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