Study of the Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Population Along the Texas Coast

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noSH 11 .T4 A313 1965en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorHofstetter, Robert P.en_US
dc.contributor.otherTexas Parks & Wildlife Coastal Fisheries Project Reports 1965en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:54:27Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:54:27Z
dc.date.issued1966en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpages 97-117; available for download at the link below.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractReef sampling was continued in Galveston, Matagorda and San Antonio Bays to study trends in the oyster (Crassostrea Virginica) population. In Galveston a continued decline in spat and seed oyster stock occurred, with a lesser decline in market oyster stock. Matagorda Bay oyster stocks, which had suffered extensive mortality in 1964, showed only slight recovery. In San Antonio bay, the oyster population in the central bay, which had been decimated by disease in 1964, increased in abundance, but oyster stocks in the lower bay area diminished. Sring and late summer mortalities were common in all areas sampled. Generally, summer mortalities exceeded those in spring. Dermocystidium marinum infections were high in Galveston Bay but low, or negative, in other areas. The presence of ABO (Aransas Bay Organism) was suspected in Matagorda Bay and San Antonio Bay but was not confirmed. In spite of declining oyster stocks, the 1965-66 harvest set a new record of over four million pounds. As in past years, almost all of the harvest came from Galveston Bay.en_US
dc.description.urien_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.history7/31/06 eas; 5/22/06 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19887
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesSource cited as Acc#9534. Other chapters cited as Acc# 2117, 2118, 2119, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, and 2126.en_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas Parks and Wildlife Departmenten_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2120en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://coastal.tamug.edu/CoastalFisheries/fisheries.html#1965en_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectpopulation dynamicsen_US
dc.subjectoystersen_US
dc.subjectCrassostrea virginicaen_US
dc.subjectspaten_US
dc.subjectmortalityen_US
dc.subjectoyster fisheriesen_US
dc.subjectDermocystidium marinumen_US
dc.subjectfungal diseasesen_US
dc.subjectcatch statisticsen_US
dc.titleStudy of the Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Population Along the Texas Coasten_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issue1965en_US

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