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    The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)—also called the Atlantic oyster, American oyster, or East Coast oyster—is a species of true oyster native to...
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    Examples include the European flat oyster, eastern oyster, Olympia oyster, Pacific oyster, and the Sydney rock oyster. Ostreidae evolved in the Early Triassic...
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    nonliving oysters. The dense aggregations of oysters are often referred to as an oyster reef, oyster bed, oyster bank, oyster bottom, or oyster bar interchangeably...
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  • Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue...
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    however. It can be misidentified as the Pacific oyster, Eastern oyster, or Suminoe oyster. While Kumamoto oysters are native to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and southern...
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    hamlet is also the site of a station on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road and the eastern termination point of that branch of the railroad...
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    Pleurotus ostreatus, the oyster mushroom, oyster fungus, hiratake, or pearl oyster mushroom is a common edible mushroom. It is one of the more commonly...
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    Urosalpinx cinerea, common name the eastern oyster drill, Atlantic oyster drill, or just oyster drill, is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine...
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  • (born 2014), thoroughbred racehorse The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), also called the bluepoint oyster Bluepoint Games Literal translation of...
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    existing evidence. The languages are: Eastern Tasmanian Oyster Bay (Central–Eastern Tasmanian) (2) Oyster Bay (Oyster Bay and Big River tribes) Little Swanport...
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    Saccostrea glomerata (Sydney rock oyster) Saccostrea echinata (Tropical black-lip rock oyster Portuguese oyster Eastern oyster Many species of true cockles...
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    An oyster pirate is a person who poaches oysters. It was a term that became popular on both the West Coast of the United States and the East Coast of...
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    Pinctada (redirect from Pearl Oyster)
    pearls. They are cultured widely primarily in the central and eastern Indo-Pacific. A pearl oyster can be seen on the reverse side of the 1,000-peso note of...
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  • The Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that leads conservation efforts of the native Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica...
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  • mortalities in Delaware Bay. Through extensive studies, an estimated 50% of eastern oyster (C. virginica) mortalities in lower Delaware Bay since the 1960s could...
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  • a drive-in cinema in Wellfleet, Massachusetts Wellfleet oyster, a name for the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Wellfleet Railroad Station, a former...
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    Oyster reef restoration refers to the reparation and reconstruction of degraded oyster reefs. Environmental changes, modern fishing practices, over harvesting...
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  • The Oyster card is a payment method for public transport in London (and some areas around it), England, United Kingdom. A standard Oyster card is a blue...
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    residents. Cotuit Oysters are a distinct version of the eastern oyster species, unique to Cotuit Bay and remarkable for their flavor. Wild oysters are making...
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    Pleurotus (redirect from Oyster Mushroom)
    oyster mushroom) – Europe P. citrinopileatus (golden oyster mushroom) – eastern Asia P. euosmus (tarragon oyster mushroom) V. P. djamor (pink oyster mushroom)...
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    Crassostrea (redirect from Chinese oyster)
    Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) – mangrove oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) – eastern oyster Fossil species include: †Crassostrea alabamiensis...
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    The oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), also known as the oyster toad, ugly toad, oyster cracker, oyster catcher, and bar dog, is a Northwest Atlantic species...
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  • dinoflagellate. It is known as a prevalent pathogen of oysters, causing massive mortality in oyster populations. The disease it causes is known as dermo...
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    Ostrea edulis (redirect from Flat oyster)
    flat oyster, is a species of oyster native to Europe. In Great Britain and Ireland, regional names include Colchester native oyster, mud oyster, or edible...
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    Jeff S.; Piehler, Michael (2017). "Denitrification potential of the eastern oyster microbiome using a 16S rRNA gene based metabolic inference approach"...
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    percentage mortality. Ragone Calvo et al. (2003) selectively bred the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, for resistance against co-occurring parasites...
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    The oyster crab (Zaops ostreus) is a small, whitish or translucent crab in the family Pinnotheridae. Oyster crabs are small in size, typically measuring...
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    'Native Oysters' which were collected from beds beyond the low water mark from Roman times until the mid-20th century. The annual Whitstable Oyster Festival...
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  • Hong Kong Oyster Bay, Eastern Cape, a small coastal hamlet and resort Oyster Bay, Tanzania, a resort town and suburb of Dar es Salaam Oyster Bay (town)...
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  • Johnstone's junonia Scaphella junonia ssp. johnstoneae 1990 Connecticut Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica 1989 Delaware Channeled whelk Busycotypus canaliculatus...
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