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Moore, C. R. 1885. 



144. - Introduction of clams into Delaware Bay (From letters to Prof. S. F. 

 Baird) . Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 5 for 1885, Washington, D.C.: 426. 



The writer of this letter to Prof. S. F. Baird was informed by a Thomas 

 Beesley, of Beesley's Point, N.J., that originally there were no clams in 

 Delaware Bay. Early settlers on the Bay side of N.J. took 50,000 quahogs 

 from the sea side and planted them in front of their farms on the Bay. 

 Thereafter, they had enough for their own use. The writer stated that 

 Beesley was careful and reliable, but confirmation was not possible because 

 all the people concerned were dead. - J.L.M. 



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Moore, Donald R. 1961. 



The marine and brackish water Mollusca of the State of Mississippi. Gulf Res. 

 Rept. 1(1): 1-58. 



Nine species, belonging to 7 genera, and including Mercenaria mercenaria, have 

 been reported from Mississippi waters. Hard clam is rare in Mississippi. A 

 few live clams have been collected on the north side of Horn and Ship Islands 

 in sand. Spaulding (1906), abstracted elsewhere in this bibliography, reported 

 several beds from the Chandeleur Islands, but it was not known in 19 61 whether 

 these beds still existed. - J.L.M. 



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Moore, Hilary B., Leon T. Davies, Thomas H. Fraser, Robert H. Gore, and Nelia 

 R. Lopez. 1968. 



Some biomass figures from a tidal flat in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Bull. 

 Mar. Sci. Gulf Caribb. 18: 261-279. 



No mention of Mercenaria (Venus.) mercenaria. - W.J.B. 



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Moore, H. F. 1898. 



Oysters and methods of oyster-culture (with notes on clam culture) . In 

 Manual of Fish Culture. Rept. U.S. Commr. Fish, for 1897: 263-340, pis. 

 V-XVIII. (Manual of Fish Culture revised and separately published 1900.) 



Use of clam shells as cultch is mentioned, the species are not identified, but 

 undoubtedly Mercenaria (Venus) mercenaria was included. This is a detailed 

 account of methods in use at the time for all aspects of oyster culture, 

 including artificial propagation. It is well illustrated with drawings and 

 photographs of oysters, oyster larvae, pests and predators. Pages 339-340 

 contain a brief account of clam culture. My a arenaria was the only species 

 with which culture had been attempted at the time, but quahog (Mercenaria 

 mercenaria - sic J was considered as equally favorable. Quahog was the "clam" 

 of markets in New York, Philadelphia and southward, and it also was used to 

 some extent in New England. Soft clam was the principal species in markets 

 north of New York. Quahog was somewhat more important to the south. - J.L.M. 



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Moore, J. K., and N. Marshall. 1967. 



The retention of lamellibranch larvae in the Niantic estuary. Veliqer 10(1)- 

 10-12. 



No mention of Mercenaria (Venus) mercenaria. - W.J.B. 



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