Adult Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) May Have Light Sensitivity
Light-sensitivity is an important aspect of mollusk survival as it plays a vital role in reproduction and predator avoidance. In the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas light sensitivity has been demonstrated in the larval stage but has not yet been conclusively demonstrated in adult oysters. In this p...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4608825 2023-05-15T15:57:40+02:00 Adult Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) May Have Light Sensitivity Wu, Changlu Wang, Jiao Yang, Yanjian Li, Zhuang Guo, Ting Li, Yongchuan Wang, Xiaotong 2015-10-16 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608825/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26474058 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140149 en eng Public Library of Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608825/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26474058 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140149 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited CC-BY Research Article Text 2015 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140149 2015-11-01T01:17:41Z Light-sensitivity is an important aspect of mollusk survival as it plays a vital role in reproduction and predator avoidance. In the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas light sensitivity has been demonstrated in the larval stage but has not yet been conclusively demonstrated in adult oysters. In this paper we describe an experiment which was undertaken to determine if adult Pacific oysters were sensitive to light. One LED flashlight was used to shine light onto adult oysters while they were filtering seawater through their shell openings. We found that the degree of opening increased gradually during the light period but rapidly decreased when the flashlight was turned off in the treated group but not in the control group. These results suggest that adult Pacific oyster may be sensitive to light. Text Crassostrea gigas Pacific oyster PubMed Central (PMC) Pacific PLOS ONE 10 10 e0140149 |
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Light-sensitivity is an important aspect of mollusk survival as it plays a vital role in reproduction and predator avoidance. In the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas light sensitivity has been demonstrated in the larval stage but has not yet been conclusively demonstrated in adult oysters. In this paper we describe an experiment which was undertaken to determine if adult Pacific oysters were sensitive to light. One LED flashlight was used to shine light onto adult oysters while they were filtering seawater through their shell openings. We found that the degree of opening increased gradually during the light period but rapidly decreased when the flashlight was turned off in the treated group but not in the control group. These results suggest that adult Pacific oyster may be sensitive to light. |
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Adult Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) May Have Light Sensitivity |
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