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Wise, John P. 1978. 



Food from the Sea: Myth or reality? In Drugs and Food from the Sea: Myth 

 or Reality? Pushkar N. Kaul and Carl J. Sindermann (eds.) . University of 

 Oklahoma, Norman: 405-413. 



The only well-documented history of aquaculture in the United States is for 

 oysters, and it tends not to support the optimistic predictions often made. 

 For the last quarter century landings of eastern public oysters have been 

 increasing at a moderate rate, while those of eastern private. Pacific, and 

 western oysters, although largely aquacultured, have been decreasing. The 

 reasons are many, but they do not change the fact that a reversal of present 

 and past long-term downward trend of production is not in sight. Aqua- 

 culture may not in the short run make large contributions to production of 

 food from the sea. The problems are largely economic. - J.L.M. 



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Wittenberg,, Jonathan B. 19 59. 



Oxygen transport - a new function proposed for myoglobin. Biol. Bull. 

 117 (2) : 402-403. 



Marine invertebrates were used. No species is mentioned, but it is possible 

 that Mercenaria mercenaria was included. Membranes containing oxyhemoglobin 

 absorbed oxygen 1.6 times as quickly as the same membrane containing 

 carboxyhemoglobin. A new function, oxygen transport, is proposed for 

 myoglobin. Studies were continuing to determine the mechanism. - J.L.M. 



2038 



Woelke, C. E. 1967. 



Measurement of water quality with the Pacific oyster embryo bioassay. In 

 Water Qual. Criteria, ASTM, Spec. Tech. Pub. 416, Am. Soc . Testing Mats.: 

 112-120. 



Mercenaria (Venus) mercenaria is not mentioned. - J.L.M. 



2039 



Wolfe, Louis. 1972. 



Aquaculture. Farming in Water. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 107 p. 



This popular account touches briefly on life history and culture of hard 

 clam, not mentioned by scientific name but obviously Mercenaria mercenaria. 

 - J.L.M. 



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Wood, Albert Elmer, and Horace Elmer Wood 2nd. 1927. 



A quantitative study of the marine mollusks of Cape May County, New Jersey. 

 Nautilus 41: 8-18. 



The study concentrated on Seven Mile Beach, along the Bay side of the spit 

 which forms the northern side of Hereford Inlet, just north and east of 

 Wildwood, N.J. Venus mercenaria was found in mud or sandy mud below the 

 intertidal zone, and all the channels. The species was not dominant at any 

 station. On open ocean beaches pelecypods outnumbered gastropods enormously. 

 In the main sounds gastropods were dominant. - J.L.M. 



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