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Biol Bull 160: 80-88. (February 1981)
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THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF EARLY SETTING CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA (GMELIN) IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION RECRUITMENT

PAUL F. HAYES 1 and R. WINSTON MENZEL 1

1 Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306

Oysters which set early in the spawning season reach sexual maturity and spawn before the end of their first year. The early sexual development in the southern latitudes is the result of both an extended growing season and an increased instantaneous rate of growth. Widespread spawning of oysters older than one year occurs twice during the reproductive season, with a period of renewed development in between. Spawning by young-of-the-year oysters is of minimal importance to population recruitment during the year they set.

Submitted on January 30, 1980
Accepted on October 21, 1980






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