Abstract
Spawning of oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and clams (Venus mercenaria) was delayed by transferring ripe or nearly ripe animals from Long Island Sound to the cold waters of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where the temperature, although high enough to permit gametogenesis, was too low to induce spawning. With C. virginica, spawning could be postponed until six or eight weeks after the Long Island Sound population was completely spent, while V. mercenaria held over healthy summer spawn throughout the fall and winter and into the following spring. By similar means, laboratory workers can be provided with ripe animals during the fall when none are normally available in their own locality.
Recommended Citation
Loosanoff, V. L., and H. C. Davis. 1951. "Delaying spawning of lamellibranchs by low temperature." Journal of Marine Research 10, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/747