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Covers bivalve biology as it bears on production, broodstock conditioning and spawning, larval rearing, settlement and nursery culture, grow-out methods, and harvest and handling.

Larval rearing receives the greatest attention because it is where production most often fails. Survival of a few percent is normal and survival of zero occurs, frequently without an obvious cause. Intake water chemistry is treated in detail: regional hatcheries have experienced crop failures that track periods of low pH in the water drawn, and the operational decisions — when to buffer, when to close the intake and wait — are live questions rather than settled practice.

Selective breeding for tolerance is covered, together with the questions it raises about genetic diversity in wild populations.



Course code

AQUA 300

 

Course credit

1.00

 

Instructors

[Dr. Yuki Nakamura](/person/dr-yuki-nakamura)

 

 

Prerequisite

AQUA 210.



 

Terms offered

spring

 

 

Offering frequency

annually