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Alternate Title
Evaluation of a Leased Oyster Bottom in Mississippi Sound
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Twenty-four pairs of spat plates, strategically located on a 600-ha (1500-a) oyster lease, were monitored biweekly to determine the rate of oyster spatfall. Spatfall occurred from May 6 to July 31 and again from August 15 to October 24, 1979. The greatest spatfall occurred from August 15 to September 4, 1979. Data from shell bags that accompanied the spat plates indicated a maximum growth of 3.2 cm in two months. Oyster spat which attached to the planted cultch materials on the leases grew up to 7.9 cm during the 17-month sampling period, ending December 11, 1979. The lease area is capable of producing commercial-sized oysters in two seasons.
First Page
261
Last Page
266
DOI Link
Recommended Citation
Supan, J.
1983.
Evaluation of a Leased Oyster Bottom in Mississippi Sound.
Gulf Research Reports
7
(3):
261-266.
Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol7/iss3/8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0703.08
