This chapter describes the procedures for determining the reproductive stage of oysters, mytilid mussels, and dreissenid mussels collected for NOAAs National Status and Trends Mussel Watch Project. Analyses are conducted on paraffin-embedded tissues sectioned at a 5-µm thickness and stained using a pentachrome staining procedure. Each slide is examined microscopically to determine the animals sex and stage of gonadal development. A semi-quantitative ranking is assigned.
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Histological Techniques for Marine Bivalve Molluscs: Update
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Kim, Y., K.A. Ashton-Alcox, and E.N. Powell
Kim, Y., K.A. Ashton-Alcox, and E.N. Powell
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NOAA Technical Memorandum
NOAA Technical Memorandum
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