• Proceedings of the Malacological Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.29-30
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• 2001

• The Korean Journal of Malacology
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.175-182
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• 2006

Artificial induction of maturation by heating of the ark shell, Scapharca broughtonii (Schrenck) broodstock was investigated from 10th March to 21th May in 2004. Maturity at the fixed water temperature group of $23^{\circ}C$ was 60.5％, and it was the highest in maturity among experimental groups cultured for seven weeks. The proportions of organism surviving to start of S. broughtonii in the raised water temperature experimental groups (20 and $23^{\circ}C$) were over 90.5％, as similar to the control group (natural water temperature, 84.8％). But, the proportions of organism surviving to start of S. broughtonii in the fixed water temperature experimental groups (20, 23, and $26^{\circ}C$) were decreased with the increasing of the water temperature. In the fixed water temperature experimental groups of $26^{\circ}C$, the survival was 18.1％. Base on these results, the fixed water temperature of $20^{\circ}C$ (accumulated water temperature; $1,295^{\circ}C$) was the best condition for artificial induction of sexual maturation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Aquaculture Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.672-673
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korean Aquaculture Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.650-651
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korean Aquaculture Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.648-649
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korean Aquaculture Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.274-275
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• 2004

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.153-159
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• 2006

The ark shell (or 'blood clam') Scapharca broughtonii is a filter-feeding bivalve that has red blood and inhabits waters approximately 10m in depth off the southern coast of South Korea. This study was part of a larger research project investigating the causes of death and restoration of shellfish resources, which are important aquaculture products in South Korea. We examined physiological responses related to survival, respiration, excretion, and amino acid changes as a result of changes in salinity. The 9-day median lethal salinity ($LS_{50}$) was 16.5 psu with confidence limits of 14.9-18.1 psu. At $25^{\circ}C$, the oxygen consumption and ammonia-nitrogen excretion rates were increased with decreases in salinity. Although the osmolality of individuals was acclimated within 2 h at 26.4 psu and 12 h at 19.8 psu, it took more than 5 days at a salinity of 13.2 psu, whereas no individuals acclimated and all died at a salinity of 6.6 psu. Of the amino acids present in the blood, taurine and alanine increased in response to decreased salinity. Tissues of the gill and the mid-gut gland were affected by decreasing salinity. These data will provide important fundamental information for examining the causes of mass mortality of shellfish in the summer.

• The Korean Journal of Malacology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.55-63
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• 1994

피조개, Scapharca broughtonii의 개체크기(작은 개체: 1.0-1.3cm, 큰 개체:4-5 cm), 수온(10, 15및 2$0^{\circ}C$), 염분(7,13,19,26 및 32 $\textperthousand$)에 따른 일반적인 대사경향과, 수온 1$0^{\circ}C$와 2$0^{\circ}C$ 그리고 부니 농도 25, 50, 100, 200, 400 600, 800및 1000ppm에서 15일간 노출시키면서 사망률, 산소소비율, 여수율 및 배설률을 측정한 결과는 다음과 같다.1. 일반적으로 피조개의개체 크기는 작은 개체일수록, 그리고 수온이 높을수록 비체중 산소소비율, 비체중 여수율 및 비체중 배설률은 높게 나타났다. 그리고 염분을 제외하고는 산소 소비율과 여수율은 염분농도의 증가에 따라 다소 증가하는 유사한 경향을 보인 반면, 비체중 배설률은 염분농도가 낮아질수록 낮은 양상을 나타내었다. 2. 1$0^{\circ}C$의 경우 작은 개체에서 LC$_{50}$은 557.11 ppm, 큰 개체에서 856.03 ppm이었고, 20%C의 경우, 작은 개체에서의 LC$_{50}$은 274.55 ppm, 큰 개체에서 346.26 ppm이었으며 1$0^{\circ}C$에 비해 2$0^{\circ}C$에서 특히 1000 ppm이상의 농도에서 사망률이 현저히 증가함으로써 부니에 의한 영향은 크게 나타났다.3.에 비해 2$0^{\circ}C$의 고수온구에서 부니의 농도가 높을수록 폐사율은 높게 나타났으며, 1$0^{\circ}C$와 2$0^{\circ}C$의 두 수온구에서 산소소비율과 여수율에 대한 각 농도별 부니의 영향은 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. 특히, 2$0^{\circ}C$에서 사망률이 현저히 증가하기 시작하는 부니농도 100ppm이상에서 산소소비율의 감소가 크게 나타났다. 그리고 암모니아태질소 배설률은 부니농도의 증가에 따라 차츰 증가를 보인후 600ppm이후부터는 다시 감소하는 경향을 보였다.

• The Korean Journal of Malacology
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.125-130
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• 2004

Arkshell, Scapharca broughtonii spats were placed in natural environmental condition for 30 days from July 28 to August 27, 2004, in order to estabilish intermediate culture technique. Growth and survival of the spats in different intermediate culture areas with various culture methods were measured. Water temperature of studied area ranged from 24.1 to 28.5$^{\circ}C$, salinity was 15.4 to 33.3 psu, dissolved oxygen was 3.92 to 12.6 mg/l. Scapharca broughtonii spats cultured in Yeosu developed the best, 10.15 ${\pm}$ 1.12 mm in average shell length, and the highest survival was recorded as 77% in Namhae. Shell lengths of the Scapharca broughtonii spats cultured in the water depths of 2, 5, and 10 m were 7.14 ${\pm}$ 1.14 mm, 6.98 ${\pm}$ 1.74 mm and 6.27 ${\pm}$ 1.33 mm, and the survivals showed 75.5%, 77.0% and 76.5%, respectively. When 1 mm, 2 mm, and 3 mm-sized spats were cultured for 30 days in water depth of 5 m, the shell length increased to 6.73 ${\pm}$ 1.46 mm, 6.98 ${\pm}$ 1.74 mm and 7.04 ${\pm}$ 1.19 mm, and survivals were 67.0%, 77.0% and 58.5%, respectively. The shell lengths of spat cultured for 30 days in mesh sizes of 1 ${\times}$ 1 mm, 2 ${\times}$ 2 mm and 3 ${\times}$ 3 mm, 5 m below the surface were 8.14 ${\pm}$1.23 mm, 8.26 ${\pm}$ 1.19 mm and 8.78 ${\pm}$ 1.16 mm, and survivals were 41.5%, 43.0% and 44.5%, respectively.

• The Korean Journal of Malacology
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.149-155
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• 2016

To assess the effects of environmental factors on the sustainability of cultured ark shell Scapharca broughtonii production, we investigated the habitat characteristics of shellfish-farming bays (Gangjin Bay, Yeoja Bay, Keoje Bay and Deukryang Bay). We measured the physiochemical parameters (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, chemical oxygen demand and Chlorophyll a) and the geochemical characteristics (chemical oxygen demand, ignition loss, C/N ratio and C/S ratio). Surface sediments were collected from several shellfish-farming bays to examine the geochemical characteristics of both the benthic environment and heavy metal pollution. The grain sizes for Gangjin Bay, Yeoja Bay and Keoje Bay were similar, at the ratio of silt and clay in comparison with Deukryang bay of it. The C/N ratio was more than 5.9, reflecting the range arising from the mix of marine organisms and organic matter. The C/S ratio (more than 4.2) showed that the survey area had anoxic or sub-anoxic bottom conditions. The index of accumulation rate (Igeo) of the metals showed that those research areas can be classified as heavily polluted, heavily to moderately polluted, or more or less unpolluted, respectively. We suggested that the growth of ark shell Scapharca broughtonii in the shellfish-farming bay was effected by the various environmental conditions.