Journal of Shellfish Research

DECEMBER 2005

Contents of Volume 24, Number 4

Nicola´s L. Gutie´rrez and Omar Defeo

Spatial patterns in population dynamics of the scallop Psychrochlamys patagonica at the northern edge of its range, pp. 877.

William S. Arnold, Norman J. Blake, Melissa M. Harrison, Dan C. Marelli, Melanie L. Parker, Sarah C. Peters and Don E. Sweat

Restoration of bay scallop (Argopecten irradians (Lamarck)) populations in Florida coastal waters: Planting techniques and the growth, mortality and reproductive development of planted scallops, pp. 883.

Pierre-Gildas Fleury, Xavier Janssoone, Madeleine Nadeau and Helga Guderley

Force production during escape responses: Sequential recruitment of the phasic and tonic portions of the adductor muscle in juvenile sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin), pp. 905.

EE-Yung Chung, Young-JE Park, Jeong-Yong Lee and Dong-KI Ryu

Germ cell differentiation and sexual maturation of the hanging cultured female scallop Patinopecten yessoensis on the east coast of Korea, pp. 913.

A. I. Campa-Cordova, A. Luna-Gonzalez, M. Zarain-Herzberg and C. J. Caceres-Martinez

Prophylactic use of antibiotics in larval culture of Argopecten ventricosus (Sowerby, 1835), pp. 923.

Weizhu Zhang, Xinzhong Wu, Jingfeng Sun and Dengfeng Li

Morphological and functional characterization of the hemocytes of the scallop, Chlamys farreri, pp. 931.

John Slater

Morphological identification of larval king scallops, Pecten maximus (L.) from natural plankton samples, pp. 937.

John Slater

Spawning of king scallops, Pecten maximus (L.) in Mulroy Bay and the relationship with spatfall intensity, pp. 951.

Yongping Wang, Zhe Xu and Ximing Guo

Chromosomal mapping of 5S ribosomal RNA genes in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin by fluorescence in situ hybridization, pp. 959.

Lisa M. Wall, Linda J. Walters, Raymond E. Grizzle and Paul E. Sacks

Recreational boating activity and its impact on the recruitment and survival of the oyster Crassostrea virginica on intertidal reefs in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, pp 965.

Sonia Rodriguez-Astudillo, Marcial Villalejo-Fuerte, Federico Garcia-Dominguez Y Rafael Guerrero-Caballero

Biochemical composition and its relationship with the gonadal index of the black oyster Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) at Espiritu Santo Gulf of California, pp.975

Mark D. Camara, Stephen M. Griffith and Sanford Evans III

Can selective breeding reduce the heavy metals content of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas), and are there trade-offs with growth or survival?, pp. 979

Gabriela Duprat-Bertazzi and Federico Garcıa-Domınguez

Reproductive cycle of the rock oyster Hyotissa hyotis (Linne´, 1758) (Griphaeidae) at the La Ballena Island, Gulf of California, Mexico, pp. 987.

Melanie J. Bishop and Charles H. Peterson

Constraints to Crassostrea ariakensis aquaculture: Season and method of culture strongly influence success of grow-out., pp. 994.

S. Gregory Tolley and Aswani K. Volety

The role of oysters in habitat use of oyster reefs by resident fishes and decapod crustaceans, pp. 1007.

Deenie M. Bugge and Bassem Allam

A fluorometric technique for the in vitro measurement of growth and viability in quahog parasite unknown (QPX), pp. 1013.

S. A. Lynch, D. V. Armitage, S. Wylde, M. F. Mulcahy and S. C. Culloty

The susceptibility of young prespawning oysters, Ostrea edulis, to Bonamia ostreae, pp. 1019.

Gwynne D. Brown, Stephen L. Kaattari and Kimberly S. Reece

Effect of homogenate from different oyster species on Perkinsus marinus proliferation and subtilisin

gene transcription, pp. 1027.

Alison Yee, Christopher Dungan, Rosalee Hamilton, Michael Goedken, Sylvain de Guise and Inke Sunila

Apoptosis of the protozoan oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus in vivo and in vitro in the Chesapeake Bay and the Long Island Sound, pp.1035.

John N. Kraeuter, Stuart Buckner and Eric N. Powell

A note on a spawner—recruit relationship for a heavily exploited bivalve: The case of northern quahogs (hard clams), Mercenaria mercenaria in Great South Bay New York, pp. 1043.

Y. Nakamura, K. Hashizume, K. Koyama and A. Tamaki

Effect of salinity on sand burrowing activity, feeding and growth of the clams Mactra veneriformis, Ruditapes philippinarum and Meterix lusoria, pp. 1053.

Ebru Onal, Chris Langdon and Umur Onal

The evaluation of spray-dried microalgae in diets for juvenile manila clams, Tapes philippinarum, pp. 1061.

Ryogen Nanbu, Etsuko Yokoyama, Tomomi Mizuno and Hideo Sekiguchi

Spatio-temporal variations in density of different life stages of a brackish water clam Corbicula japonica in the Kiso Estuaries, central Japan, pp. 1067

Kyung-Il Park, Jin-Woo Choi and Kwang-Sik Choi

Development of a Saxidomus purpuratus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) egg-specific antibody for the quantification of eggs using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, pp. 1079.

Bruce J. Barber, Jonathan S. Fajans, Shirley M. Baker and Patrick Baker

Gametogenesis in the non-native green mussel, Perna viridis, and the native scorched mussel, Brachidontes exustus,in Tampa Bay, Florida, pp. 1087.

Ivona Mladineo and Melita Peharda

Histopathology of Gymnophallus sp. sporocysts in the edible mytilid, Modiolus barbatus, pp. 1097.

Claudia Carcamo, Angel S. Comesana, Federico M. Winkler and Andres Sanjuan

Allozyme identification of mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilus) on the Pacific Coast of South America, pp. 1101.

Jorge E. Toro, Johana A. Ojeda, Ana M. Vergara, Grace C. Castro and Angelica C. Alcapan

Molecular characterization of the Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis Hupe 1854) demonstrates evidence for the occurrence of Mytilus galloprovincialis in southern Chile, pp. 1117

Anne A. Boettcher

Heat shock induced metamorphosis of the queen conch, Strombus gigas: Comparison with induction by algal associated cues, pp. 1123.

Erick Baqueiro Cardenas, Dalila Aldana Aranda and Gisela Mart´ınez Olivares

Gonad development and reproductive pattern of the fighting conch Strombus pugilis (Linee´, 1758) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) from Campeche, Mexico, pp. 1127.

Juliana Gimenez, Mario Lasta, Gregorio Bigatti and Pablo E. Penchaszadeh

Exploitation of the volute snail Zidona dufresnei in Argentine waters, southwestern Atlantic Ocean, pp. 1135.

Hirotatsu Fukazawa, Hideki Takami, Tomohiko Kawamura and Yoshiro Watanabe

The effect of egg quality on larval period and postlarval survival of an abalone Haliotis discus hannai, pp. 1141.

Mizuho Sakai, Sei-Ichi Okumura and Kunio Yamamori

Telomere analysis of Pacific abalone Haliotis discus hannai chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization, pp. 1149.

Cristian Gallardo-Escarate, Josue Alvarez-Borrego, Miguel Angel del Rio-Portilla, Elisabeth von Branc-Skopnik, Ismael Cross, Alejandro Merlo and Laureana Rebordinos

Karyotype analysis and chromosomal localization by fish of ribosomal DNA, telomeric (TTAGGG)_N and (GATA)_N repeats in Haliotis fulgens and H. corrugata (Archeogastropoda, pp. 1153.

Cristian Gallardo-Escarate, Josue Alvarez-Borrego, Miguel Angel del Rio-Portilla, Elisabeth von Branc-Skopnik and Mario A. Bueno

Analysis of chromosomal DNA content in Pacific red abalone Haliotis rufescens by fluorescence image analysis, pp. 1161.

Lota B. Alcantara and Tadahide Noro

Effects of macroalgal type and water temperature on macroalgal consumption rates of the abalone Haliotis diversicolor Reeve, pp. 1169.

Jessica Montano-Vargas, Maria Teresa Viana, Louis R. D’Abramo, Armando Shimada and Carlos Vasquez-Pelaez

Growth and energy utilization of juvenile pink abalone Haliotis corrugata fed diets containing different levels of protein and two starch:lipid ratios, pp. 1179.

Lauren Lyons, Dean R. Jerry and Paul S. Southgate

Cryopreservation of black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctata margaritifera, L.) spermatozoa: Effects of cryoprotectants on spermatozoa motility, pp. 1187.

Takeo Kurihara, Hideaki Yamada, Jun Nakamori, Motohiko Sano and Hirofumi Shimizu

Effects of rearing conditions on growth and survival in juvenile blacklip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera (L.) in subtropical Japan, pp. 1191.

Eliana Gomez-Robles, Carmen Rodriguez-Jaramillo and Pedro E. Saucedo

Digital image analysis of lipid and protein histochemical markers for measuring oocyte development and quality in pearl oyster Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley,1856), pp. 1197.

Zhu Jun-Quan, Yang Wan-Xi, You Zhong-Jie and Jiao Hai-Feng

The ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Octopus tankahkeei, pp. 1203.

Ines Martinez-Pita, Francisco Garcia and Maria-Luisa Pita

Fatty acid composition and utilization in developing eggs of some marine nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opistobranchia) from southwest Spain, pp.209.

Yingchun Mu, Fang Want, Shuanglin Dong, Guoqiang Huang and Shaoshuai Dong

Effects of salinity fluctuation pattern on growth and energy budget of juvenile Fenneropenaeus chinensis, pp. 1217.

Pan Lu-Qing, Jiang Ling-Xu and Miao Jing-Jing

Effects of salinity and pH on immune parameters of the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, pp. 1223.

Edison Barbieri, Elisangela A. Passos and Carlos A. B. Garcia

Use of metabolism to evaluate the sublethal toxicity of mercury on Farfantepaneus brasiliensis larvae (Latreille 1817, crustacean), pp. 1229.

Trine Dale, Sten Ivar Siikavuopio and Kåre Aas

Roe enhancement in sea urchin: Effects of handling during harvest and transport on mortality and gonad growth in Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, pp. 1235.

Kevin A. Nelson, Geoff I. Scott and Philip F. Rust

A multivariable approach for evaluating major impacts on water quality in Murrells and North Inlets, South Carolina, pp. 1241.

Ralph Elston, Edwin W. Cake, Jr., Karen Humphrey, Wayne C. Isphording, Rod O’Connor and J. E. (Jack) Rensel

Addendum to: Dioxin and heavy-metal contamination of shellfish and sediments in St. Louis Bay, Mississippi and adjacent marine waters, pp. 1253.

Abstracts of technical papers presented at the 25th Annual Milford Aquaculture Seminar, Milford, Connecticut, February 28–March 2, 2005, pp. 257.