Settlement preferences of the European oyster Ostrea edulis (thesis data)

Dataset

Description

The settlement preferences of the European oyster Ostrea edulis were analysed in laboratory experiments. Larvae were presented with following treatments: conspecific spat (FSW-SP), biofilm stones (B-ST), control stones (ST), food (FSW-F), filtered seawater (FSW), unfiltered seawater (USW), shell in filtered seawater (FSW-SU), shell in unfiltered seawater (USW-SU). Settlement of larvae and larval behaviour were observed over 72h at regular time intervals (~2.5h). The dataset is stored in a relational database in MS Access.
Date made available18 Sept 2019
PublisherUniversity of St Andrews
Date of data production22 Jul 2017 - 25 Jul 2017

Keywords

  • Ostrea edulis
  • oyster
  • settlement

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