• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.600-603
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• 2009

Genetic and phenotypic parameter estimates for measurement traits were obtained from pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas at nine months old. For the growth-related traits among nine months old pacific oyster, heritabilities of shell length, shell height, shell width, total weight, body weight and shell weight were estimated as 0.4855, 0.5248, 0.0884, 0.7236, 0.7726 and 0.6957, respectively. Genetic correlations among the growth-related traits of pacific oyster at nines month old, shell length, shell height, shell width, total weight, body weight, shell weight were showing highly positive correlations. Breeding value on growth-related traits of pacific oyster at nine months old were estimated as shell length -7.044-11.870, shell height -11.380-18.370, shell width -1.234-2.831, total weight -8.339-17.140, body weight -1.813-3.507 and shell weight -4.422-8.837. The results show that there is quite substantial additive genetic variance for measurement traits in pacific oyster that can be exploited through selective breeding.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.476-480
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• 1999

조개류 유생의 동해방지제 독성에 대한 내성을 평가하기 위해 진주조개, Pinctada fucata martensii와 참굴, Crassostrea gigas의 담륜자를 4종류의 동해방지제에 침지하여 생존율을 조사하였다. 실험에 사용된 동해방지제는 각각 0.01$\~$2.0 M의 DMSO, ethylene glycol, glycerol 과 1,2-propanediol이었으며, 침지시간은 5$\~$20분으로 설정하였다. 모든 동해방지제에 진주조개와 참굴 담륜자를 침지하였을 때, 농도가 낮을수록 침지시간이 짧을수록 생존율이 높아지는 경향을 보였으며, 동해방지제의 종류에 따라 담륜자의 생존율이 다르게 나타났다. DMSO와 ethylene glycol에서는 참굴 담륜자의 생존율이, glycerol과 1,2-propanediol에서는 진주조개 담륜자의 생존율이 상대적으로 높게 나타났다. 그러나 참굴에서는 4종류의 동해방지제에 0.2 M sucrose를 첨가하였을 때 생존율이 유의하게 높아졌다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.778-784
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• 2017

참굴(Crassostrea gigas)의 패각운동을 이용하여 Alexandrium 속의 조기 출현모니터링 가능성을 고찰하였다. 지구규모에서 패류독화를 발생시키는 A. fundyense와 잠재적 유독종으로 알려진 A. affine를 이용하여 홀 소자센서(Hall element sensor)를 사용하여 참굴의 패각운동(SVMs)을 측정하였다. 참굴은 Isocrysis galbana를 먹이생물로 하여 안정화 시킨 다음 3일간 절식 시킨 후 실험에 제공하였다. 결과 참굴은 A. fundyense에 대해 세포밀도 20 cells/mL에서 SVMs 횟수가 $10.5{\pm}1.2times/hr$로 증가하여 민감하게 반응하였고, 세포밀도 500 cells/mL에서 재차 $14.1{\pm}5.7times/h$, 5,000 cells/mL에서 $27.9{\pm}11.1times/hr$로 SVMs가 급격한 증가를 보였다. 그러나 A. affine에 대해서는 세포밀도가 300 cells/mL까지 $6.7{\pm}3.9times/hr$로 기준 SVMs와 유사하였고, 세포밀도 1,000 cells/mL 이상에서 $15.3{\pm}10.8times/hr$로 급격히 증가하였다. 즉 A. fundyense는 20 cells/mL에서부터 참굴의 SVMs가 민감하게 반응하였지만, A. affine는 높은 1,000 cells/mL의 세포밀도에서 SVMs가 반응하였다. 이러한 결과에서 유독와편모조에 대한 참굴의 SVMs는 종에 따른 차이가 있어, A. fundyense의 초기발생 예보에는 유용하게 활용 가능하지만, A. affine에 응용하는 것은 어렵다는 결론을 얻었다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.220-224
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• 2003

In order to determined the appropriate processing season of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), 30 individuals cultured in Kamak Bay on the southern coast of Korea were taken bimonthly 7 times a year, and seasonal variation of edible portion weight, edible portion yield and coefficient of fatness were investigated. There were close relationships between edible portion weight (X) and total weight (Y) and between coefficient of fatness (X) and edible portion yield (Y), which were expressed in regression lines, i.e. Y=0.2709X-1.9094 (r=0.9254) and Y=44.0596X+ 15.1127 (r=0.8485), respectively. From the results of seasonal variation of edible portion weight, yield and coefficient of fatness, the appropriate processing season of raw Pacific oyster was between winter and spring, that is, between December and following April the next year.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.434-444
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• 2021

The decrease in fatness of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, which consequently results in decrease in the profit of aquaculture industry, has become a source of serious concern in southeast coast of Korea. The ratio of flesh (edible portion) to total oyster weight, commonly called edible portion yield ("suyul" in Korean), have been used as a fatness index for the healthy and valuable state of oyster from the early stage of oyster farming in Korea. More than 360 data sets were collected from early culturing periods (in the 1970s) to the present from approximately 15 published literatures to evaluate the long-term fatness trend of oyster, reared particularly in submerged longline culturing system in Gyeongsangnam-do province. Slight decrease in oyster fatness during the 1970s to 1990s was detected in Tongyeong and Geoje Bays; however, from the 1990s to the present, clear decreasing trends were observed with a decrease of 0.04-0.08% year^-1, especially during harvest season. Oyster mass production per unit area almost doubled within a short period in the early 2000s; however, changes in coastal environment factors inhibited the fattening of shellfish from the mid 1990s. These results indicate that the severe competition in feeding and low biological production in water column might be some convincing reasons for the decrease in fatness of oyster from the 1990s, in Tongyeong and Geoje Bays, Korea.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.103-105
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• 2001

The effect of opsonization of zymosan with serum on the repiratory burst of haemocytes isolated from the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas was investigated. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by the respiratory burst of haemocytes in response to the opsonized or unopsonized zymosan were measured using chemiluminescence (CL). The CL values were increased according to the increment of haemocyte number. The degree of CL amplification by increase of haemocytes from $0.1{\times}10^6$ to $0.5{\times}10^6$ cells/ml was 3-5 times, but comparatively low amplification was elicited by increase of haemocytes from $0.5{\times}10^6$ to $1{\times}10^6$ cells/ml. Chemiluminescences produced by the haemocytes in response to the zymosan opsonized with oyster serum were considerably higher than the CL produced by the haemocytes in response to the unopsonized zymosan.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.135-139
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• 2003

During routine survey of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) collected from Tongyoung area in southern coast of Korea, histological examination revealed that a intracellular microorganisms infected the digestive gland of the oyster. They infected hepatopancreatic cells extensively. The size of intracellular microorganism was of 45 to 86nm in diameter and 200nm to more thar 500nm in length. They were pleomorphic. The morphological characteristic of intracellular microorganisms lacked cell wall and was bounded by the plasma membrane. They contained typical prokaryotic ribosomes and fibrillar DNA-like strands. No additional internal structure has been observed. Based on the lack of cell wall and the cellular localization, the intracellular microorganism is considered as a Mycoplasma-like organism.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2003

The gonadal development and the gametogenic cycle and the fine structure of ripe germ cells of the cultured Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas were investigated using oysters monthly collected from the southern coast of Korea from October 2000 to September 2001. Monthly changes in the condition index were similar to that of meat weight rate and the highest value was observed in between April and May, and the lowest value in August. The external colors of the testis and the ovary were milky white and yellowish, respectively. The spawning period of the Pacific oyster was continued from May to September, with a peak in July. The gametogenic cycle could be classified into five successive stages: multiplicative stage (December to March), growing stage (March and April), mature stage (April to June), spawning stage (June to August) and resting stage (August to January). Variety of egg yolk granules, lipid granules, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticula were observed in cytoplasm of ripe oocyte. The spermatozoon consisted of the head, middle piece and tail; including cap-shaped acrosome with domed structure, elliptical shaped nucleus, four mitochondria, two centrioles and flagellum.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2009

Because it is known that bivalve hearts contain various modulatory systems activated by neuroendocrine substances, it was examined whether different classes of endogenous and synthetic drugs of neuroendocrinological importance can influence cardiac functions of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Cholinergically active agents acetylcholine and carbachol increased heart rates while diminishing cardiac contractility. Adrenergically active substances norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (Epi) also induced heart rate increase and contractility decrease. An $\alpha_1$-adrenergic receptor-selective agonist phenyephrine (PE) failed to modulate either parameter. The Epi-induced heart rate increase and contractile depression were both blocked significantly by non-selective $\beta_1/\beta_2$-adrenergic antagonist propranolol. A $\beta_1$-selective antagonist atenolol prevented Epi-induced heart rate decrease but not the contractile depression, suggesting possible $\beta_2$ receptors for Epi-induced contractile depression. The three autacoids examined exerted discrete responses: histamine increased heart rate and depressed contraction; $\gamma$-amino-butyric acid increased both parameters; serotonin failed to change either parameter. The 5 piscine anesthetic agents examined, MS-222, benzocaine, quinaldine, urethane, pantocaine and pentobarbital, all failed to influence the cardiac function of oysters. Collectively, activities of neuroendocrinologically acting agents in mammals showed unexpected and distinct activities from those in mammalian cardiovascular systems. These results obtained from substances of different physiological functions can serve as a basis for understanding neuroendocrine control of the heart function in Pacific oyster.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2002

Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) were collected on April, 1999 and March­September, 2000 from Goseung Bay along the southern coast of Korea. The oysters tested cp;;ected from a depth of 0.5-2 m in which they cultured by a long line hanging method. The oxygen consumption rates (OCR) of oysters held under constant temperature and darkness (CC), were determined using an automatic intermittent-flow-respirometer (AIFR). Depending on holding periods after oyster collection, the experiments were divided into two groups: Group 7-d (held to ambient temperature for ca. 7 days) and Group 2l-d (held to ambient temperature for ca. 21 days). The OCR for Group 7-d single oyster displayed two peaks every day under CC, while Group 2l-d single oyster showed one peak every day. It is likely that the rhythmic patterns 02.6-12.8 hours) of the OCR in the Group 7-d single oyster may have been influenced by tidal currents at the sampling site. The rhythmic patterns (24.3-24.7 hours) in the Group 2l-d single oyster may have been shifted from two peaks to one peak each day under CC. The present study concludes that the OCR rhythm of wild oysters in nature is governed by two lunar-day clocks (24.8 hours); one driving one peak and the other driving the second peak. When oysters are subjected to the long-term CC conditions, one of the two-clock systems is depressed or only intermittently becomes active. Jpwever. the OCR rhythms by two to three oysters occurred arrhythmic patterns during the experiments and exhibited some evidence of weak rhythmicity of compared to those of a single oyster. It could be partly due to differences group effects.