Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
spatfall
English answer:
the spawn of oysters or other shell-fish
English term
spatfall
A german biologist refers to spatfalls, as something that effect the growth of blue mussels.
Jun 7, 2007 07:59: Marie-Hélène Hayles changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jun 12, 2007 11:15: Cagdas Karatas Created KOG entry
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the spawn of oysters or other shell-fish
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Jonathan MacKerron
: Webster: the settling and attachment of young bivalves (as oysters or mussels) to the substrate
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thanks Jonathan
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kmtext
: So does Collins. Three dictionaries agreeing? Must be right. The larvae become spats when they settle and start to grow a shell.
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Mòran taing
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Elena Aleksandrova
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thank you Elena
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Alfa Trans (X)
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thanks Marju
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Will Matter
: The young of oysters, mussels, clams etc. are called 'spats' in English.
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thanks will
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United Kingdom
Technology, natural sciences, AGBs
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Young of the year recruitment
1. An oyster or similar bivalve mollusk in the larval stage, especially when it settles to the bottom and begins to develop a shell.
2. The spawn of an oyster or a similar mollusk.
Mussels also have 'spatfalls'.
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/issues/chesapeake/oysters/research/meeting/abstracts/abstract03.html
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112682831/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
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Cagdas Karatas
28 mins
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Thank you! Yours is right too of course.
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Will Matter
12 hrs
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Thanks Will. Hmm... Next time I'll answer faster and get the web references later...
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