This study reports on the results of 38,100 measurements of the oocyte diameters of the
Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, in three populations living along the French Atlantic …

In the present work the haemocytes of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mollusca, Bivalvia)
have been studied by light and electron microscopy in order to describe their …

Predation upon different size classes of juvenile sea scallops Placopecten magellanicus
(Gmelin)(5–25 mm shell height) by different size classes of predatory sea stars Asterias …

The scallop Argopecten purpuratus is one of themajor resources of commercial importance
in Chilean aquaculture. One of themajor limiting factors for the culture of this species has …

Previous work has demonstrated the presence of various sex steroids in molluscs and
suggested their possible functions in the control of reproduction. However, their potential …

The Mytilus gonadal cycle in Vigo Estuary follows the histological pattern proposed by,. We
show details not previously described, due to sexual differences, environmental …

The ultrastructural features of the ovary and oogenesis are described in the eastern oyster,
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791). The ovary is a diffuse organ consisting of highly …

Triploidy was induced in catarina scallop, Argopecten ventricosus, using two concentrations
of cytochalasin-B (CB). Growth of triploid scallops exceeded that of diploids in all evaluated …

The abundance of planktonic larvae (veliger) of Corbicula japonica in Lake Abashiri, which
is near the northern limit of this species' range, was extremely low in 1995 and 1996 …

The mechanism of nutrient transfer from the digestive system to the gonad acini and
developing oocytes was investigated in the gonad-intestinal loop system of the queen …