Sentences with phrase «of oyster»
Some of the identified genes are previously known to be involved in the development of oyster shells, but the study also presents novel gene candidates.
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This work provides a foundation for further studies on how genetic variation in the identified genes could affect the fitness of oyster populations subjected to environmental changes, such as ocean acidification.
As an associate professor and director of the Okeanos Research Laboratory in Clemson's department of biological sciences, Mount has dedicated his scientific career to studying the mysteries of oyster shell formation and the prevention of marine biofouling by barnacles.
Canada, United States / Oyster Die - Off More than 80 percent of oyster larvae are not surviving in Pacific Northwest commercial hatcheries.
Recent research suggests that it came to NC with the export of an oyster species (Crassostrea gigas) from Japan.
But on March 21, one of Oyster Creek's sister plants — Entergy Corp.'s Vermont Yankee — received permission to operate for another 20 years, despite a recent history that includes leaks, burst cooling pipes and misplaced fuel rods.
The majority of salmon caught in Alaskan waters is exported, and the long heritage of oyster harvest along our eastern seaboard is all but forgotten.
Landfills in Korea accumulate more than 250,000 tons of oyster shells each year, while coal - fired power plants churn out just as much fly ash.
Oysters — sedentary organisms particularly susceptible to harm from oil and dispersant exposure — were also directly affected, with decreased recruitment of oyster larvae throughout the northern Gulf in 2010, 2011 and the fall of 2012.
Some 160 kilometers of oyster reefs are being built along the Alabama coast to help mitigate effects of the 2010 BP oil spill.
«We now need to figure out if this novel microbe — a distant relative of oyster parasites — causes significant disease and could be contributing to the frog population declines.»
These blooms, also found worldwide, are more likely in the summer, produce a toxin that has been implicated in fish - kill events in the Chesapeake Bay, as well as associated with failure of oyster spawning and development.
MSX, caused by a parasite, can kill up to 90 percent of an oyster crop when it strikes.
The scientists measured the amount of nitrogen in different components of the oyster body, in different sizes of oysters, and at different farm sites.
University of New Hampshire scientists have conducted the first study of oyster farming - nitrogen dynamics in New Hampshire, providing the first solid research on the state's oyster farming industry and the role oyster farms play with nitrogen removal.
«We have about 50 acres of oyster farms now.
We need to look at the farms in a more ecological manner,» said Grizzle, who estimates Great Bay could sustain 100 acres of oyster farms.
The adhesive - secreting bacterium was discovered five years ago by a team led by Ronald Weiner of the University of Maryland at College Park when they were investigating the migration of oyster larvae.
Analysis of oyster shells shows how they can take repeated beatings without shattering, perhaps inspiring tougher combat armour.
Venditto, 67, was first elected as supervisor of Oyster Bay in 1998.
Hart said a bill Montesano sponsored last year — to name a stretch of Route 106/107 in the Town of Oyster Bay after Joel — never passed in the Assembly despite passing the Senate.
The Town of Oyster Bay offered equipment and crews in multiple locations.
She said Wednesday that while corruption cases can take months to build, her office remained committed to launching such probes in the wake of Skelos» arrest and last month's arrest of Oyster Bay contractor Harendra Singh on federal bribery charges.
The bribery, kickback and lying charges brought against Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto by the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District have not been proven, and until they are, the defendants deserve the presumption of innocence.
Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino speaks during a town board meeting in Town Hall on Tuesday, July 11, 2017.
A key figure in the government's corruption case against former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto wore a wire for the FBI for months and taped at least one conversation with the businessman at the center of the allegations, court records show.
Councilman Joseph Pinto praised Venditto for doing «wonderful things for the town of Oyster Bay for many years,» but said the past year and a half have been difficult for the town.
Federal prosecutors had said in previous filings «the «constituents» of the Town of Oyster Bay are Mangano's own constituents; they are, simply, a subset of Mangano's own constituents of all Nassau County residents.»
Town of Oyster Bay (2016): «No town officer or employee, either individually or as a member of a town board or commission, shall participate in any decision to appoint, hire, promote, discipline or discharge a relative or a member of his or her household... No town officer or employee shall supervise a relative or member of his or her household in the performance of such person's official duties.»
At one point, Treinis Gatz asked if village residents paid taxes to the village, to the town of Oyster Bay and to the county of Nassau.
In return for the continuing illegal benefits, the defendants were involved in orchestrating a complex method to get Singh more than $ 20 million in indirect government loan guarantees from the Town of Oyster Bay, according to Eastern District federal prosecutors in court papers.
Testifying in the trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, Mei referenced an organizational chart, shown on the courtroom's big screen, that put the people of Oyster Bay in the top spot.
In another example, attorney Kevin Keating of Garden City, who represents Edward Mangano, challenged one government theory that his client had been, in effect, an official of the Town of Oyster Bay and, therefore, involved in the loan scheme.
A former contractor who had been awarded millions of dollars in work from Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay testified Thursday that he gave Edward Mangano $ 3,600 in cash in 2012 to ensure the then - county executive would «take care» of any problems that might arise.
On Long Island, the Town of Oyster Bay has banned the use of plywood to cover windows and doors on foreclosed «zombie homes,» in an attempt to eliminate the boarded - up eyesores in its neighborhoods.
And the former county executive can not be held responsible for what the Town of Oyster Bay did, he said.
Singh's testimony came during the corruption trial of former Nassau County executive Edward Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay supervisor John Venditto.
Lafazan, 23, of Oyster Bay, is running as a Democrat for the 18th District seat held by incumbent Legis.
Muscarella said Venditto has «done a lot of good things for the town of Oyster Bay,» adding that he is «hoping in my heart he will be found not guilty.»
U.S. District Court Judge Leonard Wexler, during a court hearing for Ippolito last year, said, «There's something rotten in the town of Oyster Bay.»
Three resulted in convictions and prison sentences, for the former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, the former Town of Oyster Bay planning Commissioner Frederick Ippolito — who died in prison in June — and the former Suffolk County Conservative Party leader, Edward Walsh.
Huntington, by contrast, with a population around two - thirds of Oyster Bay, spends about 7 cents of every dollar on debt.
«This left the town on the hook for an unknown financial disaster... this contract was a sweetheart deal and a giveaway to the Lizzas and a crime against the people of Oyster Bay,» Singas said.
The Town of Oyster Bay's government was awash with «unscrupulous public officials» whose alleged crimes included involvement in «bribery, money laundering and a crooked multi-million dollar property deal,» Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said Thursday as authorities unsealed indictments against eight people with ties to the municipality.
CEO and president Elia Aly Lizza, 69, and his wife Marisa Lizza, 61, both of Oyster Bay Cove, along with the Old Bethpage - based paving company itself.
A 13 - count federal indictment alleges that Mangano, the highest - ranking elected official in Nassau County, and Venditto used their positions to help the federally indicted Singh, who was identified by sources, to procure lucrative county contracts and loans guaranteed by the town of Oyster Bay.
District Attorney Madeline Singas» office fired Michael Falzarano on the same day last month that former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto and six other people pleaded not guilty to corruption charges in Nassau County Court in Mineola, her spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
Singh operates the catering hall at the The Woodlands for the Town of Oyster Bay.
Mangano repeatedly has declined to answer questions about the trips with Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to unrelated federal charges that include bribing a public official in a case concerning loan guarantees with the Town of Oyster Bay.
And longtime Mangano friend Harendra Singh, who employed Mangano's wife, is in jail awaiting trial on charges of federal corruption charges, including bribery of an Oyster Bay town official and fraudulently collecting almost $ 1 million in federal emergency management money.