Performance of diploid and triploid Manila clams (Tapes philippinarum, Adams and Reeve) at various levels of tidal exposure in the UK and in water from fish ponds at Eilat, Israel

Aquaculture

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 159-171

  Shpigel, Muki ^a   Spencer, Brian ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Climate; Gametogenesis; Tapes philippinarum; Triploidy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004952799     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0044-8486(95)01236-2     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Akashige, S. and Fushimi, T., 1992. Growth, survival and glycogen content of triploid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, in the waters of Hiroshima, Japan. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish., 58: 1063-1071.
2. Allen, Jr., S.K., 1993. Triploids for field tests? The good, the bad and the ugly. J. Shellf. Res., 12: 358.
3. Allen, Jr., S.K. and Downing, S.L., 1986. Performance of triploid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg). 1. Survival, growth, glycogen content and sexual maturation in yearlings. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 102 (2-3): 197-208.
4. Allen, Jr., S.K. and Downing, S.L., 1991. Consumers and experts" alike prefer the taste of sterile triploid over gravid diploid Pacific oysters (Crassosirea gigas, Thunberg, 1793). J. Shellf. Res., 10: 19-22.
5. Allen, Jr., S.K., Gagnon, P.S. and Hidu, H., 1982. Induced triploidy in the soft-shell clam. J. Heredity. 73: 421-428.
6. Allen, Jr., S.K., Shpigel, M., Utting, S. and Spencer, B., 1994. Incidental production of tetraploid Manila clams, Tapes philippinarum (Adams and Reeve). Aquaculture, 128: 13-19.
7. Anon., 1988. La palourde Dossier d'elevage. IFREMER, Paris, 106 pp.
8. Beaumont, A.R. and Contains, M.H., 1988. Production of triploid embryos of Tapes philippinarum by the use of cytochalasin B. Aquaculture, 73: 37-42.
9. Beaumont, A.R. and Fairbrother, J.E., 1991. Ploidy manipulation in molluscan shellfish: a review. J. Shellf. Res., 10: 1-18.
10. Bourne, N., 1982. Distribution, reproduction, and growth of Manila clam, Tapes philippinarum (Adams and Reeve), in British Columbia. J. Shellf. Res., 2: 47-54.
11. Child, A.R. and Watkins, H.P., 1994. A simple method to identify triploid molluscan bivalves by the measurement of cell nucleus diameter. Aquaculture, 125: 199-204.
12. Diter, A. and Dufy, C., 1990. Polyploidy in the Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum. II. Chemical induction of tetraploid embryos. Aquatic Living Resources, 3: 107-112.
13. Downing, S.L. and Allen, S.K., Jr., 1987. Induced triploidy in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, optimal treatments with cytochalasin B depend on temperature. Aquaculture, 61: 1-15.
14. Dubois, M., Gilles K.A., Hamilton J.K., Rebers P.A. and Smith, F., 1956. Calorimetric method for determination of sugars and related substances. Anal. Chem., 28: 350-356.
15. Ekaratne., S.U.K. and Davenport, J., 1993. The relationship between the genetic status of triploids and diploids of Manila clams, Tapes philippinarum, and their oxygen uptake and gill particle transport. Aquaculture, 117: 335-349.
16. Eversole, A.G., Kempton, C.J., Hadley, N.H. and Buzzi, W., 1992. Comparison of growth, survival and reproductive success of diploid and triploid Mercenaria mercenaria. In: Aquaculture 92-Growing Toward the 21st Century, Orlando, FL, 21-25 May, 1992, 89 pp.
17. Folch, J., Lees M. and Sloane-Stanley, G.H., 1957. A simple method for the isolation and purification of total lipids from animal tissues. J. Biol. Chem., 226: 497-509.
18. Gosling, E.M. and Nolan, A., 1989. Triploidy induction by thermal shock in the Manila clam, Tapes semidecussatus. Aquaculture, 78: 223-228.
19. Goulletquer, P., Joly, J.P., Gerard, A., Le-Gagneur, E., Moriceau, J., Peignon, J.M. and Phelipot, P., 1993. Performance of triploid Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) reared in high carrying capacity ecosystem: survival, growth and proximate biochemical composition. ICES, Mariculture Committee, F:24, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10 pp.
20. Guo, X. and Allen Jr., S.K., 1993. Assessing reproductive sterility of triploids: Aneuploid larvae produced from crosses between triploid and diploid Crassostrea gigas. J. Shellf. Res., 12: 151.
21. Hawkins, A.J.S., Day, A.J., Gerard, A., Naciri, Y., Ledu, C., Bayne, B.L. and Heral, M., 1994. A genetic and metabolic basis for faster growth among triploids induced by blocking meiosis I but not meiosis II in the larviparous European oyster, Ostrea edulis L. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 184: 21-40.
22. Jiang, W.G., Li, G., Xu, G.Q., Lin, Y.G. and Qing, N., 1993. Growth of the induced triploid pearl oyster, Pinctada martensii (D). Aquaculture, 111: 245-253.
23. Laing, I., Utting, S.D. and Kilada, R.W.S., 1987. Interactive effect of diet and temperature on the growth of juvenile clams. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 113: 23-38.
24. Laing, I. and Utting, S.D., 1994. The physiology and biochemistry of diploid and triploid Manila clam (Tapes philippinarum Adams and Reeve) larvae and juveniles. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 184: 159-169.
25. Mann, R. and Gallager, S.M., 1984. Physiological and biochemical energetics of larvae of Teredo navalis L. and Bankia gouldi (Bartsch) (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 85: 211-228.
26. Marsh, J.B. and Weinstein, D.B., 1966. Simple charring method for determination of lipids. J. Lipid Res., 7: 574-576.
27. Matthiessen, G.C. and Davis, J.P., 1992. Observations on the growth rate and resistance to MSX (Haplosporidium nelsoni) among diploid and triploid eastern oysters [Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1797)] in New England. J. Shellf. Res., 11: 449-454.
28. Nell, J.A., Cox, E., Smith, I.R. and Maguire, G.B., 1994. Studies on triploid oysters in Australia. I. The farming potential of triploid Sydney rock oysters Saccostrea commercially (Iredale and Roughley). Aquaculture, 126: 243-255.
29. Shaw, B.L. and Battle, H.I., 1957. The gross and microscopic anatomy of the digestive tract of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). Can. J. Zool., 35: 325-346.
30. Shpigel, M., Barber, B.J. and Mann, R., 1992. Effects of elevated temperature, gametogenesis, physiology and biochemical composition in diploid and triploid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas Thunberg. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 161: 15-25.
31. Shpigel, M. and Fridman, R., 1990. Propagation of the Manila clam (Tapes semidecussatus) in the effluent of fish aquaculture ponds in Eilat, Israel. Aquaculture, 90: 113-122.
32. Spencer, B.E., Edwards, D.B. and Millican, P.F., 1991. Cultivation of Manila clams. Lab. Leafl., MAFF. Fish. Res., Lowestoft, (65): 29 pp.
33. Spencer, B.E., Edwards, D.B. and Millican, P.F., 1992. Protecting Manila clam (Tapes philippinarum) beds with plastic netting. Aquaculture, 105: 251-268.
34. Stanley, J.G., Hidu, H. and Allen, S.K., 1984. Growth of American oysters increased by polyploidy induced by blocking meiosis I but not meiosis II. Aquaculture, 37: 147-155.
35. Strickland, J.D.H. and Parsons, T.R., 1972. A Practical Handbook of Seawater Analysis. Fish. Res. Brd Can., Ottawa, Ont., 310 pp.
36. Tabarini, C.L., 1984. Induced triploidy in the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, and its effect on growth and gametogenesis. Aquaculture, 42: 151-160.
37. Utting, S.D. and Child, A.R., 1994. Genetic manipulation of the Manila clam (Tapes philippinarum) using cytochalasin B to induce triploidy. Aquaculture, 120: 271-282.
38. Utting, S.D. and Doyou, J., 1992. The increased utilization of egg lipid reserves following induction of triploidy in the Manila clam (Tapes philippinarum). Aquaculture, 103: 17- 28.
39. Utting, S.D., Millican, P.F. and Laing, I., 1996. The breeding potential and biochemical composition of triploid Manila clams Tapes philippinarum Adams and Reeve. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., in press.
40. Utting, S.D. and Spencer, B.E., 1992. Introductions of marine bivalve molluscs into the United Kingdom for commercial culture-case histories. ICES Mar. Sci. Symp., 194: 84-91.
41. Walne, P.R. and Mann, R., 1975. Growth and biochemical composition in Ostrea edulis and Crassostrea gigas. In: H. Barnes (Editor), Proc. 9th Eur. Mar. Biol. Symp. Aberdeen Univ. Press, Aberdeen, pp. 587-607.
42. Yamamoto, S. and Sugawara, Y., 1988. Induced triploidy in the mussel, Mytilus edulis, by temperature shock. Aquaculture, 72: 21-29.