Journal of Shellfish Research, Vol. 31, No. 1, 231, 2012. ABSTRACTS OF TECHNICAL PAPERS Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting NATIONAL SHELLFISHERIES ASSOCIATION Seattle, Washington March 24–29, 2012 231 National Shellfisheries Association, Seattle, Washington Abstracts 104th Annual Meeting, March 24–29, 2012 233 CONTENTS Alisha Aagesen, Chris Langdon, Claudia Hase AN ANALYSIS OF TYPE IV PILI IN VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN PACIFICOYSTERCOLONIZATION........................................................... 257 Cathryn L. Abbott, Nicolas Corradi, Gary Meyer, Fabien Burki, Stewart C. Johnson, Patrick Keeling MULTIPLE GENE SEGMENTS ISOLATED BY NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING INDICATE EXTREME DIVERGENCE OF MIKROCYTOS MACKINI. ......................................... 257 Cathryn L. Abbott, Scott R. Gilmore, Geoff Lowe, Gary Meyer, Susan Bower A JOURNEY TOWARDS MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS FOR AN UNCLASSIFIABLE INTRACELLULAR MICROCELL PARASITE OF PACIFIC OYSTERS (CRASSOSTREA GIGAS), MIKROCYTOS MACKINI. .................................................................... 257 Robert R. Abbott, Rena Obernolte ACOUSTICALLY TAGGED FISH UTILIZATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL REEF CONSTRUCTED FOR NATIVEOLYMPIAOYSTERRESTORATION................................................... 257 Kumud Acharya, Lynn Schwaebe, Michael Nicholl WHAT INDUCES DREISSENA BUGENSIS TO SPAWN UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS? . 258 Chuck Adams, Leslie Sturmer AN ECONOMIC DESCRIPTION OF THE FLORIDA SHELLFISH CULTURE INDUSTRY. 258 Justin Ainsworth, Mitch Vance ESTIMATING DISCARD RATES IN ESTUARINE RECREATIONAL CRAB FISHERIES USING SIMULATEDFISHING...................................................................... 258 Simone R. Alin, Brian Allen, Andrew Suhrbier, Jonathan Davis, Richard A. Feely, Jan Newton, Allan Devol, Christopher L. Sabine, Betsy Peabody, Burke Hales, Benoit Eudeline, Dan Cheney, Christopher Krembs WATER CHEMISTRY, LARVAL OYSTERS, AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IN A COMPLEX, URBANIZED ESTUARY (PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON). 259 Brian Allen, Jonathan Davis OLYMPIA OYSTER STOCK AND HABITAT RESTORATION IN PUGET SOUND: A COMMUNITY-LEVEL EXAMINATION OF POPULATION AND HABITAT DYNAMICS FOR A RESTORATION AREA. 259 Standish K. Allen Jr., Anu Frank-Lawale, Katie Blackshear, Kate Ritter WHAT CONSTITUTES NORMAL FOR TETRAPLOID CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA?................... 259 Eugenio Alberto Arago´n-Noiega, Luis Eduardo Caldero´n-Aguilera STATUS OF THE GEODUCK CLAM, PANOPEA GLOBOSA AND P. GENEROSA (BIVALVIA: HIATELLIDAE) FISHERIES, BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY IN NORTHWEST MEXICO. 260 Jouaux Aude, Heude-Berthelin Clothilde, Sourdaine Pascal, Lelong Christophe, Kellner Kristell, Mathieu Michel SUMMER MORTALITY OF CRASSOSTREA GIGAS AND PREVIOUS WINTER’S CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.............................................................................. 260 Zeekanapi Bandaogo, Patrick Akande, Margaret A. Carroll, Edward J. Catapane SENSORY-MOTOR INTEGRATION OF GILL LATERAL CILIA IN THE BIVALVE MOLLUSC, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA. ................................................................. 260 Yongbo Bao THE STRUCTURE AND IMMUNE FUNCTION OF HEMOGLOBIN GENES FROM BLOOD CLAM TEGILLARCA GRANOSA. .................................................................... 260 Viviane Barry, Luke Kelly TREATY SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT ON PRIVATELY OWNED TIDELANDS. 261 Alan Barton THE PCSGA MONITORING PROGRAM: UTILIZING ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TO ENHANCE OYSTER SEED PRODUCTION IN COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT BAYS OF THE PACIFICNORTHWEST...................................................................... 261 Leila Basti, Makoto Endo, Susumu Segawa TOXIC EFFECTS OF HETEROCAPSA CIRCULARISQUAMA ON THE SHORT-NECK CLAM, RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM. ............................................................... 261 Isabel Reis Batista, Pauline Kamermans, Marc Verdegem, Aad Smaal INLAND AQUACULTURE OF CERASTODERMA EDULE – FATE AND IMPORTANCE OF DIETARY FATTYACID............................................................................... 261 234 Abstracts 104th Annual Meeting, March 24–29, 2012 National Shellfisheries Association, Seattle, Washington Bonnie J. Becker, Michael Behrens, Christine Henzler, Elizabeth Hoaglund, Yvonne Shevalier, Brenda Lemay, Shayla Staggers, Jolene Brokenshire NOVEL LARVAL TRAPPING TECHNIQUE INDICATES IMPORTANCE OF RARE EVENTS DRIVING CONNECTIVITY OF GEODUCK CLAMS IN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON. 262 Tal Ben-Horin, Sarah R. Valencia, Hunter S. Lenihan, Kevin D. Lafferty CANANABALONEINTHEBAGSAVETWOINTHEBUSH?..................................... 262 Brianna Blaud, Glenn VanBlaricom, Melissa Neuman SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT, TIDAL LEVEL, AND DISTANCE BETWEEN NEIGHBORING INDIVIDUALS OF OPPOSITE SEX AFFECT PROBABILITY FOR FERTILIZATION IN SPAWNING BLACK ABALONE (HALIOTIS CRACHERODII LEACH, 1814). 262 Beatrix Boisette, Fiona Dailey, Kirby Dorce, Margaret A. Carroll, Edward J. Catapane THE EFFECTS OF MANGANESE AND COPPER ON MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL IN THE GILL OF CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA. .................................................. 263 Josh Bouma, Jonathan Davis, Paul A. Dinnel, Carolyn S. Friedman, Betsy Peabody, Don Rothaus, Bob Sizemore, Brent Vadopalas PINTO ABALONE (HALIOTIS KAMTSCHATKANA) RECOVERY STRATEGIES IN WASHINGTON STATE:WHEREWE’VEBEENANDWHEREWE’REHEADED.................................... 263 Lisa Bourassa, John Supan SURVEYRESULTSONTHEACCEPTANCEOFTRIPLOIDOYSTERS............................... 263 Melissa A. Broderick, Shirley Baker, John Scarpa, Leslie N. Sturmer TEMPERATURE THRESHOLD OF NORTHERN QUAHOG (=HARD CLAMS) AND EVALUATION OF BACKCROSSED F1 HYBRIDS (MERCENARIA MERCENARIA X M. CAMPECHIENSIS)................ 264 Cherryle Brown, Sadchla Mathieu, Margaret A. Carroll, Edward J. Catapane INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF GABA ON SEROTONERGIC INNERVATION OF GILL LATERAL CELL CILIAINBIVALVEMOLLUSCS............................................................... 264 Shannon Brown, Nick Brown, Jesse Leach, Paul Rawson NEW TREATMENTS FOR BLISTER WORM, A POLYCHAETE THAT INFESTS EASTERN OYSTERS.................................................................................. 264 James P. Browne, Stephen Naham RESTORING OYSTER REEFS IN HEMPSTEAD BAY, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK . 265 Elizabeth L. Brunner, Jesse M. Vance, Burke Hales, Brian A. Haley, Fred G. Prahl, George G. Waldbusser A MECHANISM FOR THE SENSITIVITY OF LARVAL OYSTER CALCIFICATION TO AMBIENT SEAWATERCARBONATECHEMISTRY....................................................... 265 Ashley Bulseco, Chris Langdon, Matthew Gray THE EFFECTS OF ACUTE HIGH pCO2 EXPOSURE ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF CRASSOSTREA GIGAS LARVAE.............................................................. 265 Brian R. Callam, Standish K. Allen Jr., Anu Frank-Lawale GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION IN SELECTIVELY BRED DIPLOID AND TRIPLOID CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA LINES............................................................ 265 Mark Camara, Ralph Elston, Shizhong Xu, Chao Chen QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI FOR REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT, GAMETE DEVELOPMENT, AND VIABILITY IN THE PACIFIC OYSTER (CRASSOSTREA GIGAS)............................... 266 Jacob Capelle, Jeroen Wijsman, Aad Smaal THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN MUSSEL DENSITY ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF ACOMMERCIALMUSSELBED.............................................................. 266 Jonathan Carey, Kevin D. E. Stokesbury TRACKING THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A LARGE SEA SCALLOP YEAR CLASS IN THE GULFOFMAINE........................................................................... 266 Ryan Carnegie, Kimberly S. Reece OYSTER POPULATION CONNECTIVITY IN LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY: POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF DISEASESELECTIONINSTRUCTURINGPOPULATIONS........................................ 267 National Shellfisheries Association, Seattle, Washington Abstracts 104th Annual Meeting, March 24–29, 2012 235 John M. Carroll, Bradley J. Peterson ARE MULTIPLE PREDATOR EFFECTS ON A SHARED PREY INFLUENCED BY HABITAT COMPLEXITY? ............................................................................ 267 Sandra Casas, Scott Miles, Jerome La Peyre OYSTER HEALTH AND REPRODUCTION ONE YEARAFTERTHEDEEPWATERHORIZONOIL SPILL..................................................................................... 267 Sandra Casas, Jerome La Peyre, Megan La Peyre INFLUENCE OF REEF DESIGN, WAVE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT, AND LOCATION ON OYSTER DENSITY,MORTALITY,ANDSIZEDISTRIBUTIONOFRESTOREDREEFS......................... 267 Erin Cash, William C. Walton POPULATION AND MIDDEN ASSESSMENT OF QUEEN CONCH, LOBATUS GIGAS, IN SOUTHERN ELEUTHERA,THEBAHAMAS. .............................................................. 268 Eric J. Cassiano, Amanda Croteau, Geoffrey Smith, Leslie N. Sturmer, Shirley Baker ADDRESSING BIOFOULING IN FLORIDA’S HARD CLAM MERCENARIA MERCENARIA AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY: PERFORMANCE OF TWO NET COATINGS. 268 Francis Chan, John A. Barth, Bruce A. Menge, Burke Hales OCEAN LOW-OXYGEN ZONES AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: HOW ARE THEY CONNECTED ANDWHATDOESITMEAN?................................................................ 268 Yaqing Chang, Zhiqiang Jiang GENETIC AND MEASUREMENT APPROACHES TO NOVEL AND COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT TRAITSOFEDIBLEECHINODERMS:AREVIEW. .............................................. 268 Su-Mei Chen, Dai-Shiuan Lin EFFECTS OF MICROALGAE ON THE IMMUNE RESPONSES AND DIGGING ABILITY OF HARD CLAM,MERETRIXLUSORIA................................................................ 269 Daniel P. Cheney, William F. Dewey, Suhrbier Andrew D, Joao G. Ferreira, Jeff R. Cordell, Jonathan P. Davis PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF MANILA CLAM FARMING