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Pacific oyster, the Glossary

The Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster, or Miyagi oyster (Magallana gigas) is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia.^[1]

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Bivalves described in 1793
Bivalves of Asia
Magallana
Marine molluscs of Asia

Algae

Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.

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Apex (mollusc)

In anatomy, an apex (adjectival form: apical) is part of the shell of a mollusk.

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Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lotus).

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Bioaccumulation

Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism.

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Blue mussel

The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), also known as the common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. Pacific oyster and blue mussel are Commercial molluscs.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Broodstock

Broodstock, or broodfish, are a group of mature individuals used in aquaculture for breeding purposes.

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Cancer productus

Cancer productus, one of several species known as red rock crabs, is a crab of the genus Cancer found on the western coast of North America.

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Canoeing

Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle.

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Carl Peter Thunberg

Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chinook salmon

The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Crassostrea

Crassostrea is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food.

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Diatom

A diatom (Neo-Latin diatoma) is any member of a large group comprising several genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world.

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Dictionary.com

Dictionary.com is an online dictionary whose domain was first registered on May 14, 1995.

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Dungeness crab

The Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) makes up one of the most important seafood industries along the west coast of North America.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Egg

An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Evasterias troschelii

Evasterias troschelii is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae.

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Eye dropper

An eye dropper, also called Pasteur pipette or simply dropper, is a device used to transfer small quantities of liquids.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

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Fecundity

Fecundity is defined in two ways; in human demography, it is the potential for reproduction of a recorded population as opposed to a sole organism, while in population biology, it is considered similar to fertility, the natural capability to produce offspring, measured by the number of gametes (eggs), seed set, or asexual propagules.

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Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history.

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Filter feeder

Filter feeders are aquatic animals that acquire nutrients by feeding on organic matters, food particles or smaller organisms (bacteria, microalgae and zooplanktons) suspended in water, typically by having the water pass over or through a specialized filtering organ.

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Flagellate

A flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more whip-like appendages called flagella.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea, is an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract including the stomach and intestine.

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Gill

A gill is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide.

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Gonad

A gonad, sex gland, or reproductive gland is a mixed gland that produces the gametes and sex hormones of an organism.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Hatchery

A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish, poultry or even turtles.

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Hermaphrodite

A hermaphrodite is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes.

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Herpesviridae

Herpesviridae is a large family of DNA viruses that cause infections and certain diseases in animals, including humans.

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Intertidal zone

The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range.

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Introduced species

An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment.

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Isochrysis galbana

Isochrysis galbana is a species of Haptophyta.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Larva

A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Magallana bilineata

Magallana bilineata, commonly known as the Philippine cupped oyster or slipper oyster, is an economically important species of true oyster found abundantly in the western Pacific Ocean, from the Philippines to Tonga and Fiji. Pacific oyster and Magallana bilineata are Magallana.

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Marine larval ecology

Marine larval ecology is the study of the factors influencing dispersing larvae, which many marine invertebrates and fishes have.

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Marlborough Sounds

The Marlborough Sounds (te reo Māori: Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka) are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Maximum sustainable yield

In population ecology and economics, maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is theoretically, the largest yield (or catch) that can be taken from a species' stock over an indefinite period.

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The graceful rock crab or slender crab, Metacarcinus gracilis (the naming convention recognized by WoRMS) or Cancer gracilis (the naming convention recognized by ITIS), is one of only two members of the genus Metacarcinus, recognized by WoRMS, whose chelae (claws) are white tipped, the other crab being M.

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Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.

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Mollusc shell

The mollusc (or molluskOften spelled mollusk shell in the USA; the spelling "mollusc" are preferred by) shell is typically a calcareous exoskeleton which encloses, supports and protects the soft parts of an animal in the phylum Mollusca, which includes snails, clams, tusk shells, and several other classes.

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Mortality rate

Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.

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Mytilicola orientalis

Mytilicola orentalis (known as 'oyster redworm' or 'red worm disease') is an intestinal copepod parasite of bivalves with a direct life cycle.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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Neritic zone

The neritic zone (or sublittoral zone) is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately in depth.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nocardiosis

Nocardiosis is an infectious disease affecting either the lungs (pulmonary nocardiosis) or the whole body (systemic nocardiosis).

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Norovirus

Norovirus, also known as Norwalk virus and sometimes referred to as the winter vomiting disease, is the most common cause of gastroenteritis.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Ocean acidification

Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's ocean.

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Ocenebra inornata

Ocenebra inornata common names the "Asian drill", the "Asian oyster drill", the "Japanese oyster drill" and the "Japanese oyster borer", is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Ostrea lurida

Ostrea lurida, common name the Olympia oyster, after Olympia, Washington in the Puget Sound area, is a species of small, edible oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Ostreidae.

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Ostreavirus

Ostreavirus is a genus of viruses in the order Herpesvirales, and one of only two genera in the family Malacoherpesviridae.

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Oyster

Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.

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Oyster farming

Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Papovaviricetes

Papovaviricetes is a class of viruses.

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Particulates

Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.

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Pelagic zone

The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth.

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Perna canaliculus

Perna canaliculus, the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels). Pacific oyster and Perna canaliculus are Commercial molluscs.

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Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Productivity (ecology)

In ecology, the term productivity refers to the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem, usually expressed in units of mass per volume (unit surface) per unit of time, such as grams per square metre per day (g m−2 d−1).

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Puget Sound

Puget Sound is a sound on the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington.

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Recruitment (biology)

When discussing population dynamics, behavioral ecology, and cell biology, recruitment refers to several different biological processes.

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Rowing (sport)

Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars.

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Saccostrea glomerata

Saccostrea glomerata is an oyster species belonging to the family Ostreidae. Pacific oyster and Saccostrea glomerata are Commercial molluscs.

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Salinity

Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity).

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Sampling (statistics)

In statistics, quality assurance, and survey methodology, sampling is the selection of a subset or a statistical sample (termed sample for short) of individuals from within a statistical population to estimate characteristics of the whole population.

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Sequential hermaphroditism

Sequential hermaphroditism (called dichogamy in botany) is one of the two types of hermaphroditism, the other type being simultaneous hermaphroditism.

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Sewage

Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people.

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Sex ratio

A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population.

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Sexual maturity

Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce.

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Shellfish

Shellfish is a colloquial and fisheries term for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms.

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Shellfish poisoning

Shellfish poisoning includes four syndromes that share some common features and are primarily associated with bivalve molluscs (such as mussels, clams, oysters and scallops.) As filter feeders, these shellfish may accumulate toxins produced by microscopic algae, such as cyanobacteria, diatoms and dinoflagellates.

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Ship ballast

Ballast is extra weight placed low in ships to lower their centre of gravity, which increases stability (more technically, to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the hull).

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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Spawn (biology)

Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Sperm

Sperm (sperm or sperms) is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one).

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Starfish

Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea.

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Stratum

In geology and related fields, a stratum (strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as either bedding surfaces or bedding planes.

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Sunflower sea star

Pycnopodia helianthoides, commonly known as the sunflower sea star, is a large sea star found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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Thalassiosira pseudonana

Thalassiosira pseudonana is a species of marine centric diatoms.

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Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

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Toxin

A toxin is a naturally occurring poison produced by metabolic activities of living cells or organisms.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_oyster

Also known as Aquaculture of Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, Japanese oyster, Magallana gigas.

, Marlborough Sounds, Maximum sustainable yield, Metacarcinus gracilis, Metamorphosis, Mollusc shell, Mortality rate, Mytilicola orientalis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Neritic zone, New Zealand, Nocardiosis, Norovirus, North America, Ocean acidification, Ocenebra inornata, Ostrea lurida, Ostreavirus, Oyster, Oyster farming, Pacific Ocean, Papovaviricetes, Particulates, Pelagic zone, Perna canaliculus, Phytoplankton, Predation, Productivity (ecology), Puget Sound, Recruitment (biology), Rowing (sport), Saccostrea glomerata, Salinity, Sampling (statistics), Sequential hermaphroditism, Sewage, Sex ratio, Sexual maturity, Shellfish, Shellfish poisoning, Ship ballast, South Korea, Spawn (biology), Species, Sperm, Starfish, Stratum, Sunflower sea star, Sweden, Taiwan, Thalassiosira pseudonana, Tonne, Toxin, United States, United States dollar, Urosalpinx cinerea, Veliger, Viral gametocytic hypertrophy, Virus, Wadden Sea, World Register of Marine Species, Zinc, 2020 Summer Olympics.

Pacific oyster, the Glossary

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See also

Bivalves described in 1793

Bivalves of Asia

Magallana

Marine molluscs of Asia

References