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Record 1 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
CONT

Oyster culch, which is crushed oyster shell, will provide flat surfaces on which juvenile oysters can attach and grow.

CONT

One potential risk of using oyster cultch from the Gulf of Mexico for replanting and restoring beds and reefs on the Atlantic Coast is the protozoan oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus, which causes dermo disease in the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Oceanography
CONT

Bob Stark... has had great success with oolitic aragonite cement and also crushed oyster shell cement for several years.

OBS

aragonite cement: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Océanographie
CONT

Une étude de la microstructure du squelette des colonies a permis de mettre en évidence une altération des échantillons fossiles liée à la diagenèse marine qui se caractérise principalement par des précipitations de ciment aragonitique (dont la composition isotopique est plus positive et la concentration en strontium plus élevée que pour l'aragonite primaire ou biogène).

CONT

[...] il existe, dans les tidal flats sableux et hypersalins, des beachrocks plats constitués d'une croûte subhorizontale à la surface de l'estran. Leur formation résulte de l'immobilisation des sédiments de surface par des tapis microbiens et de la précipitation de ciment aragonitique sous l'effet conjoint de l'activité microbienne et de l'évaporation de l'eau de mer.

OBS

ciment aragonitique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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