Feeding and Food Selection in the Japanese Oyster Crassostrea gigas
The Japanese oyster Crassostrea gigas is commercially grown in bays and estuaries of the Pacific Northwest. The oyster's complex, ciliated, plicate gill is responsible for removing particles from surrounding waters for ingestion. In order to determine how this is accomplished, structural interr...
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PDXScholar
1982
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Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3175 https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.3166 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/context/open_access_etds/article/4183/viewcontent/moore_rickey_d_1982.pdf |