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Impacts of Salinity and Seasonality on Reproductive Physiology in Diploid and Tetraploid Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) 

Tackett, Victoria (2023-12-06)
The demand for high-value aquaculture products, like Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), necessitates efficient commercial hatchery strategies. Triploid oysters, derived from mating diploid females with tetraploid ...

Seabird Mitigation and the Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. at Oyster Farms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico 

Matvey, Luke (2024-07-22)  ETD File Embargoed
Off-bottom oyster farming provides surface area for seabird perching. Regulatory agencies have concerns about bacterial contamination of oysters from seabird excrement and require operational plans aimed at bird mitigation; ...

Utilization of Egg Quality Biomarkers and Probiotics for the Improvement of Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Larviculture 

Galvan Lam, Zophia (2025-04-24)  ETD File Embargoed
Shellfish aquaculture is a growing industry in the U.S., with the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) being one of the most economically important cultured species. However, seed supply is a limitation to the expansion ...