In bivalve aquaculture, dominant fouling organisms are filter feeders which can compete for
food with reared bivalves, sometimes causing mortality or reducing their growth rate. This …

Molluscan reproduction has been a target of biological research because of the various
reproductive strategies that have evolved in this phylum. It has also been studied for the …

The winged pearl oyster Pteria sterna sustains the Mexican pearl industry, but recent
problems ensuring the provision of spat for grafting operations have refocused research …

Ensuring supplies of pearl oyster spat for commercial grafting operations in Mexico is an
ongoing problem. This has refocused research toward improving hatchery propagation …

Pteria penguin were collected at Orpheus Island, north-eastern Queensland to observe
sexual development, sex ratio and changes in morphometric relationships during growth. P …

La concha nácar Pteria sterna ha sido cultivada para la producción de perlas en México
desde 1994. En general, el método de inducción para la formación de perlas se ha …

" Hoy en día, la producción de perlas a nivel mundial la dominan tres especies de ostras
perleras del género Pinctada: P. fucata, P. margaritifera y P. maxima. Aunque existe un …

The thesis addressed various aspects of the reproductive biology and growth of the winged
pearl oyster, Pteria penguin, in the Great Barrier Reef, north-eastern Queensland. The study …

Pearl culture has traditionally relied on collecting juvenile pearl oysters (family: Pteriidae)
from the wild and growing them to an appropriate size to be used in pearl production; a …

A growing interest in using Pteria sterna for pearl production in Mexico is gradually
promoting research programs aimed to optimize the protocols for gonad conditioning and …