Populations of Mercenaria mercenaria texana (Gmelin) in Texas bays and their commercial potential

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noAcc#367-Box#2en_US
dc.call-noJournal of Shellfish researchen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorBright, Thomas J. and M. A. Craigen_US
dc.contributor.otherJournal of Shellfish Research.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:03:43Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:03:43Z
dc.date.issued1984en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpg. 32en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractModerate to low, contagious populations of Texas quahog clams (Mercenaria mercenaria texana) occupy high-salinity portions of Texas bays intertidally to over 3-m depths (rarely over 4 clams multiplied by m super (-2), usually much less). Small clams, less than 3 yr old, predominate directly adjacent to major passes, indicating more favorable conditions for recruitment and early survival. With increasing distance from the passes, population size-frequency composition shifts toward larger and older clams (upper Christmas Bay contains mostly clams 4 yr and older). Growth rates are comparable to those of the northern-quahog clam M. mercenaria (Linne) in Florida (30-40 mm high in the first year). Within Texas, growth appears somewhat more rapid in the southern bays (Corpus Christi) than in the northern bays (Galveston). Natural populations will not support a clam fishery in Texas, but hatchery development and a bay seeding program may support such a fishery.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeChristmas Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.geo-codeUnited statesen_US
dc.history5/26/06 eas; 8/12/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/21456
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Archives Collection; GBIC OFFICE Collection; TAMUG Periodical Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesThis article is an abstract from the annual meeting in Tampa, FL, June 25-28, 1984 of the National Shellfisheries Association.en_US
dc.placeHanover, PAen_US
dc.publisherNational Shellfisheries Associationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries367.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectmarine molluscsen_US
dc.subjectMercenaria mercenariaen_US
dc.subjectquahog clamen_US
dc.subjectgeographical distributionen_US
dc.subjectsizeen_US
dc.subjectshellfish fisheriesen_US
dc.subjectclam fisheriesen_US
dc.subjectgrowthen_US
dc.subjectcommercial speciesen_US
dc.titlePopulations of Mercenaria mercenaria texana (Gmelin) in Texas bays and their commercial potentialen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issuev.5, no.1en_US

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