... affect how a larva interacts with anisotropic fluid motions, including those in feeding currents and in boundary layers encountered during settlement. Oyster larvae ( Crassostrea virginica ) were exposed to simple shear in a Couette device and to solid-body rotation in a single rotating cylinder. Both...

... ( Crassostrea virginica ) live in sheltered estuaries with strong turbulence and small waves, but their larvae can be transported into coastal waters with large waves. These contrasting environments have different ranges of hydrodynamic signals, because turbulence generally produces higher spatial velocity...

...Heidi L. Fuchs; Elias J. Hunter; Erika L. Schmitt; Regina A. Guazzo SUMMARY Oyster larvae ( Crassostrea virginica ) could enhance their settlement success by moving toward the seafloor in the strong turbulence associated with coastal habitats. We characterized the behavior of individual oyster...

... in cadmium-treated Hep G2 human hepatoma cells. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 95 , 139 -153. Ballantyne, J. S. and Moyes, C. D. ( 1987 ). The effects of salinity acclimation on the osmotic properties of mitochondria from the gill of Crassostrea virginica . J. Exp. Biol. 133 , 449 -456. Bergmeyer, H...

... and elevated temperature on mitochondrial bioenergetics of marine mollusks, respiration rates and mitochondrial volume changes were studied in response to different cadmium levels (0–1000 μmol l –1 ) and temperatures (15, 25 and 35°C) in isolated mitochondria from the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica...

... squares (PLS) oyster Crassostrea virginica settlement anaphylatoxin Pheromones and hormones are celebrated examples of chemical signal molecules. One strategy for producing chemical signals is to biosynthesize a novel substrate for each cue needed, as with anthopleurine, a sea anemone alarm...