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Wood, L., and W. J. Hargis, Jr. 1971. 



Transport of bivalve larvae in a tidal estuary. In Fourth European Marine 

 Biology Symposium. D. J. Crisp (ed.) . Cambridge Univ. Press: 29-44. 



Mereenaria mereenaria is not mentioned. As a matter of interest this is the 

 paper in which the fortuitous occurrence of coal particles from the coal- 

 loading docks at Newport News in plankton samples provided an inanimate 

 tracer against which the behavior of oyster larvae in the James River, Va. 

 could be compared and interpreted. - J.L.M. 



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Wood, P. C. 1957. 



Factors affecting the pollution and self-purification of molluscan shellfish. 

 J. Cons. 22 (2) : 200-208. 



No mention of Mereenaria (Venus) mereenaria. Ostrea edulis and Mytilus 

 edulis were the organisms studied. - W.J.B. 



2043 



Wood, P. C. 1970. 



The principles and methods employed for the sanitary control of molluscan 

 shellfish. In Marine Pollution and Sea Life. Mario Ruivo (ed.) Fishing 

 News (Books) Ltd., London: 560-565. 



This paper does not refer directly to Mereenaria mereenaria, but the dis- 

 cussion is pertinent to that species. It covers objectives and standards 

 for sanitary control in the United States, Britain, and France. Indicator 

 organisms are discussed, methods of analysis described briefly, and the need 

 for further research is noted. - J.L.M. 



2044 



Woodburn, K. D. 1957. 



Investigation of the hard shell clam Mereenaria eampeehiensis Gmelin, in 

 Collier-Monroe County coastal waters. 



Title given, without annotation, in Annotated Bibliography of Unpublished 

 Estuarine Research in the Gulf of Mexico. Philip A. Butler (edj . Gulf 

 States Mar. Fish. Comm. , 1925-1959. New Orleans, 51 p. (1959). In 

 Florida series. - J.L.M. 



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Woodburn, K. D. 1961. 



Operation baby clam in Florida. Fla. State Bd. Conserv. , Mar. Lab 

 Contrib. 5P, 9 mimeo p. (Originally mimeo 1 Aug 61, reissued Feb 65.) 



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Recorded hardshell clam production began in Florida in 1880, reached a peak 

 in 1932 in the area of the Ten Thousand Islands, and dropped to a low at the 

 end of the second world war. The west coast has been by far the largest 

 producer. The decline has been blamed on many things, but causes are not 

 known. Maximum landings in 1932 were about 1.1 million pounds of meats. 

 Recent landings have been much less. On the west coast densest concentrations 

 are found on firm sticky mud with abundant growth of sea grasses. On the 

 east coast production has been from Volusia County northward. Clams grow 

 through the winter in Florida waters and reach marketable size sooner than 

 farther north. Baby clams were shipped by air from Milford, Conn, in plastic 

 bags, chilled, in November 1960. Between 12 and 16 November the clams were 

 planted at several places along the Florida coast in screen-top boxes for 

 protection against predators. At each of six locations about 600 Mereenaria 

 mereenaria 1/4 to 1/2 inch long and 2,000 hybrid M. eampeehiensis female x 



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