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"Molluscs" ed. by Genaro Diarte-Plata, Ruth Escamilla-Montes
ITExLi | 2019 | ISBN: 1838801960 9781838801960 1838801952 9781838801953 | 78 pages | PDF | 7 MB
This volume is dedicated to mollusc - organisms that are important in areas of commercial significance such as aquaculture and fishing. This book can be consulted by students, professors, and researchers in biological sciences and related areas.


This book is divided into four sections.
The first section "Introduction" offers information on mollusc generalities. In addition, these organisms are important in areas of commercial significance such as aquaculture and fishing. Similarly, it was pointed out in the use of molluscs have uses in pollution studies and environmental processes among others. The second section "Social Aspects of Fisheries" considers aspects of molluscs gathering in tropical regions. The third section "Ecology" presents the results of long-term research concerning the study of variability of the size/mass relationships in the mollusc Rapana venosa from the northwestern part of the Black Sea and near the eastern coast of Crimea (Sudak Gulf). The fourth section "Immune System" sheds light on the elements of the molluscan immune system and survival differences against Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

Contents
1. Introductory Chapter: Molluscs
2. Mollusc Gathering in Tropical Regions of Brazil
3. The Predatory Marine Gastropod Rapana Venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) in Northwestern Black Sea: Morphometric Variations, Imposex Appearance and Biphallia Phenomenon
4. Immune Response of Molluscs
5. Survival Differences of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains in Shellstock Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from Harvest to Sale: A Risk Perspective

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