Sentences with phrase «oyster shell formation»
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.
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Oysters» blood cells (green) ferry raw materials to the site of shell formation.
Finally, in order to understand what functions and genes may be targeted by natural selection in the context of OA, genes involved in the initial phases of shell formation in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) larvae were identified.
Maniacal joggers and terriers, as well as beautiful tanned octogenarians, compete for the narrow space alongside oyster - shell - smooth rock formations.
In the first, Woods Hole Oceanographic researchers Justin Ries et al. found that crabs, shrimp and lobsters build more shell when exposed to acidification and that hard clams and corals slowed formation of shells at very high CO2 levels, while soft clams and oysters did so at lower levels.