Publications by authors named "Joshua Reitsma"
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- - The hard clam, essential to the U.S. shellfish industry, faced declining populations due to overharvesting, but the shift to aquaculture has led to increased production and new challenges like disease outbreaks.
- - Researchers developed a 66K SNP array after analyzing a large number of clam samples, which helps in genetic studies, breeding programs, and understanding disease resistance and adaptability to the environment.
- - The array showed a high performance pass rate and reliability in detecting genetic diversity and relationships among clam populations, including markers for disease management, proving its effectiveness for further research and aquaculture practices.
Nitrogen pollution is one of the primary threats to coastal water quality globally, and governmental regulations and marine policy are increasingly requiring nitrogen remediation in management programs. Traditional mitigation strategies (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs nitrogen entering coastal waters continues to be an issue, much attention has been generated to identify potential options that may help alleviate this stressor to estuaries, including the propagation of bivalves to remove excess nitrogen. Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and quahogs (Mercenaria mercenaria) from numerous Cape Cod, MA, (USA) sources were analyzed for nitrogen content stored in tissues that would represent a net removal of nitrogen from a water body if harvested. Results showed local oysters average 0.
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