Biology of oysters / Brian Bayne.
| Author/creator | Bayne, B. L. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA, United States : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2017] |
| Description | xv, 844 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Agricultural, Biological, and Food Sciences 2017 [EBCABS17] |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Agricultural, Biological, and Food Sciences pre-2007 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Developments in aquaculture and fisheries science, 0167-9309 ; volume 41 Developments in aquaculture and fisheries science ; 41. |
| Contents | Phylogeny -- Evolution -- Ecology 1: Distribution at Regional and Global Scales -- Ecology 2: Distribution at Local Scales -- Feeding -- Metabolic Expenditure -- Growth -- Temperature Effects and Other Manifestations of Stress -- Reproduction -- Oysters and the Ecosystem. |
| Contents | Front Cover; Biology of Oysters; Copyright; Contents; Preface; References; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Phylogeny; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Origins and Classification; 1.3. Phylogenetic Systematics; 1.3.1. Some Oyster Phylogenies: Fossils; 1.3.2. Some Oyster Phylogenies: Recent Taxa; 1.3.3. Some Oyster Phylogenies: Species Identities; 1.4. Phylogeography; 1.4.1. Population Structure; 1.4.2. Isolation by Distance; 1.4.3. Sweepstakes Reproduction, Selection, and Hybridization; 1.4.4. Physiological Differences Among Populations; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Evolution; 2.1. Introduction. |
| Contents | 2.2. Patterns in the Rates and Trajectories of Bivalve Evolution2.2.1. Diversifications in Time; 2.2.2. Diversifications in Space; 2.3. Some Drivers of Evolution in Oysters; 2.3.1. Heterochrony and Larval Life; 2.3.2. Size and Shape; 2.3.3. The Ecology of Some Fossil Oysters; 2.3.4. Predation as a Driver of Evolutionary Change; 2.3.5. Adaptation; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Ecology I: Distribution at Regional and Global Scales; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. The Biogeography of Oysters; 3.3. Invasions by Oysters and Other Bivalves; 3.3.1. The Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas as an Invasive Species. |
| Contents | 3.3.2. Predicting Invasion Outcomes: The Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in South Africa and the Oyster Crassostrea aria ... 3.4. Range Boundaries and Dispersal; 3.4.1. Larval Dispersion; Estimating Dispersal Distances; Mechanisms and Modeling of Dispersion; Dispersion and Species Range; 3.5. Temperature and Species Range; 3.5.1. Correlations Between Species' Distributions and Tolerance; 3.5.2. Temperatures and Intertidal Bivalves; 3.5.3. Thermal Stress and Heat-Shock Proteins in Oysters; 3.6. Decline and Extirpation of Populations; 3.7. Modeling Species' Distributions; Bibliography. |
| Contents | Chapter 4: Ecology II: Distribution at Local Scales4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Oysters and Estuaries; 4.2.1. Salinity Tolerance; Ecological Aspects of Salinity Tolerance; Physiological Responses to Salinity Change; Condition Indices; 4.3. The Food of Oysters; 4.3.1. Retention Efficiency; 4.3.2. The Seston: Quantity and Quality of Suspended Particles; Components of the Seston; Food Quality Ratios; Isotopic Signatures and the Sources of Food; 4.3.3. Hydrodynamics and the Food Supply; Horizontal Advection and Particle Flux; Vertical Mixing and the Benthic Boundary Layer; Self-Thinning. |
| Contents | Models, Estuaries, and AquacultureBibliography; Chapter 5: Feeding; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Particle Uptake; 5.2.1. Particle Transport and Sorting Within the Pallial Cavity; 5.2.2. Morphological Variability of the Pallial Organs; 5.2.3. Selection and Selection Efficiency; The Physicochemical Bases of Selection; Selection Efficiency; The Costs of Selection; 5.3. Ventilation, Particle Capture, and Clearance; 5.3.1. Particle Filtration and Ambient Water Flow; 5.3.2. Measuring Feeding Behavior in the Field; 5.3.3. Particle Capture and Clearance; Methods; Relationships to Body Size. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016961027 |
| ISBN | 9780128034729 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0128034726 (hardback) |
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