CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 1
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PREFACE . . .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Rearing of Bivalve Mollusks
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VICTOR L. LOOSANOFF AND HARRY C. DAVIS
I. Introduction
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11. Equipment . . .. .. . f .. .. ..
111. Conditioning Mollusks for Out-of-Seaon Spawning . .
IV. Cultivation of Eggs and Larvae of Bivalve8 . . ..
Abnormal Eggs and Larvao
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General Description of the Development
Methods of Cultivation of Eggs and Larvao
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Larval Period
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Hardiness of Eggs and Larvae . . .. ..
Effects of Temperature on Eggs and Larvae . .
Effects of Salinity on Eggs and Larvae..
Effects of Turbidity on Eggs and Larvae
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Effects of Foods on Growth of Larvae . .
Effeects of Crowding
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Metamorphosis . . .. .. .. ..
Diseases of Larval and Juvenile Mollusks and their
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Treatment
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Selective Breeding and Hybridization . . ..
V. Rearing of Different Species
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A. Crassoetrea virginicu (Gmelin) . . .. ..
C. Arm tralzgveraa Say
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D. Modiolzcp demis8us (Uillwyn) . . .. ..
E. Mylilwedulie Linn6
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F. Anomia eimplex 1YOrt)igny
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G . Pecten irrudium Larnarck
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H. O&eu vdulia Idinn/,
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I. Odrm lurida Carperrbr . . .. .. ..
,I. f !rtr,rwdrctc vigm (Thunberg) . . .. ..
K. Laevicurdium mortoni (Conrad) . . .. ..
L. Mercenaria (= Venw) campechiensia (Gmelin)
M. Tapm mnddecusmiu Reeve
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B. Mercenaria (= Venua) mermnrlrio (Linnb)
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