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Publications 

This section provides an overview of the primary researchers in Blue Seed and their  publications

Dr. Pauline Kamermans, RIVO NetherlandsPauline Kamermans

Dr. Pauline Kamermans, project coordinator and responsible person within BLUE SEED has 17 years experience in marine ecological research of which 11 years were devote shellfish. She has been working for the CSR since 2000, where she carried out a numbe projects on the enhancement of seed supply for the bottom culture of M. edulis. She has participated as a researcher and assistant coordinator in two EU projects (EUMAC EV5V-CT93-0290 and GROFLO ERBIC18CT960065). Dr. Marc Verdegem and Dr. Aad Smaal will provide expertise in the fields of foodweb ecology, extensive aquaculture and carrying capacity.

Key publications

  • Kamermans, P., E. Brummelhuis and A. Smaal (2002) Use of spat collectors to enhance supply of seed for bottom culture of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) in the Netherlands. World Aquaculture, 33(3): 12-15, 2002
  • Kamermans, P. & A.C. Smaal (2002). Mussel culture and cockle fisheries in the Netherlands: finding a balance between economy and ecology. J. Shelfish Res.21: 509-517.
  • Kamermans, P. (1994). Similarity in food source and timing of feeding in deposit- and suspension-feeding bivalves. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 104: 63-75.
  • Smaal A.C., M.R. van Stralen & E. Schuiling (2001). The interaction between shellfish culture and ecosystem processes. Can. J. Fish Aquat Sci. 58: 991-100
  • Smaal, A.C. (2002). European mussel cultivation along the Atlantic coast: production, status, problems and perspectives. Hydrobiologia 484: 89-98.

Dr. Pierre Boudry, IFREMER France Pierre Boudry

Dr. Pierre Boudry, the responsible person within the BLUE SEED project, has worked in the field of bivalve shellfish genetics for 11 years. He is leading genetics within the IFREMER Genetics and Pathology Laboratory and is co-ordinator for IFREMER’s Department of Aquaculture. He has expertise in oyster genetics (around 30 peer-reviewed papers in molecular taxonomy, population genetics, cytogenetics and selective breeding). Dr. Sylvie Lapègue has been working for 7 years in the field of bivalve genetics, more specially population genetics and cytogenetics of oysters. She has been involved in several national and EU founded projects

Key publications

  • Bierne N, David P, Boudry P , Bonhomme F (2002). Preferential fertilization, hybrid unfitness and heterosis in the mussels Mytilus edulis and M. galloprovincialis. Evolutio 56(2): 292-298.
  • Boudry P, Heurtebise S, Lapègue S (2003). Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence variation of presumed Crassostrea gigas and C. angulata specimens: a new oyster species in Hong Kong  Aquaculture 228:15-25.
  • Boudry P, Collet B, Cornette F, Hervouet V, Bonhomme F (2002). High variance in reproductive success of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas, Thunberg) revealed by microsatellite-based parentage analysis of multifactorial crosses. Aquaculture 204: 283-296
  • Lapègue S, Boutet I, Leitão A, Heurtebise S, Garcia P, Thiriot-Quiévreux C, Boudry P (2002). Trans-Atlantic distribution of a mangrove oyster species revealed by 16S mtDNA and karyological analyses. Biological Bulletin 202: 232-242
  • Leitão A, Boudry P, Thiriot-Quiévreux C (2001). Negative correlation between aneuploidy and growth in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas: ten years of evidence. Aquaculture: 193: 39-48.
  • Leitão A, Boudry P, Thiriot-Quiévreux C (2001). Evidence of differential chromosome loss in aneuploid karyotypes of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Genome 44 (4) :735-737

Andy Beaumont, University of Wales, Bangor, UK Andy Beaumont

Andy Beaumont MSc, the responsible person within the BLUE SEED project, has worked in the field of bivalve shellfish culture and genetics for 30 years and was the first to publish a method for rearing the larvae of the European scallop (Pecten maximus). He has published around 70 peer-reviewed papers, several book chapters, has edited a significant Conference publication and has recently authored a text book on biotechnology and genetics in fisheries and aquaculture. Genetic studies that are of relevance to this application have included work on (a) the population genetics of fish and shellfish, particularly on mussels and their hybridisation, (b) aspects of allozyme heterozygosity in relation to aquaculture and (c) the development of method to produce triploid bivalves.

Key Publications 

  • Beaumont, A.R. & Kelly, K.S., 1989. Production and growth of triploid Mytilus edulis larvae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 132, 69-84.
  • Beaumont, A. R., 2000. Genetic considerations in hatchery culture of bivalve shellfish. In: Recent Advances in Marine Biotechnology, Vol IV, Aquaculture, Part A,eds. M. Fingerman and R. Nagabhushanam, 87-109, Science Publishers Inc. New Hampshire, USA.
  • Beaumont, A. R., Turner, G., Wood, A. R. and Skibinski, D. O. F., 2003. Hybridisations between Mytilus edulis and M. galloprovincialis and performance of purespecies and hybrid veliger larvae at different temperatures. In press – J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.
  • Bouilly, K., McCombie, H., Leitão, A., Lapègue, S. Persistence of atrazine impact on aneuploidy in Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas. Marine Biology. In Press
  • Del Rio Portilla, M. & Beaumont, A. R., 2000. Larval growth, juvenile size and heterozygosity in laboratory reared mussels, Mytilus edulis. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 254: 1-17.
  • Ledu, C., McCombie, H. (2003) Effects of Cytochalasin B on fertilization and ploidy in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 44:131-137.
  • McCombie, H., Ledu, C., Phelipot, P., Lapègue. S., Boudry, P., Gérard, A. A complementary method for the production of tetraploid Crassostrea gigas using crosses between diploids and tetraploids with Cytochalasin B treatments. Marine Biotechnology. In Press
  • McCombie, H., Lapègue. S., Cornette, F., Ledu, C., Boudry, P. Chromosome loss in bi-parental progenies of tetraploid Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Aquaculture. In press
  • Ruohonen, K., Kettunen, J. and King, J. W. (2001) The Statistical Design of Feeding Experiments. In: Feed Intake in Fish. (Eds: Houlihan, D., Boujard, T. & Jobling, M.) Blackwell Scientific, Oxford pp. 88-107
  • Wood, A. R., Beaumont, A. R., Skibinski, D. O. F. and Turner, G., 2003. Analysis of a nuclear DNA marker for species identification of adults and larvae in theMytilus edulis complex. J. Moll. Stud. 69: 61-66.

Dr. José M. Fuentes, CIMA SpainJose Fuentes

Dr. José M. Fuentes is the responsible person within the BLUE SEED project. In the last 14 years he carried out several research projects about mussel biology, ecology and cultivation in Galicia (NW Spain) at the Centro de Investigacións Mariñas (CIMA). During the last decade, he has directed several studies on the relative effect, on growth rate, mortality and production of cultivated mussels, of several biological and environmental factors, such as the geographical source of seed, the type of seed (collector vs. intertidal), the site, depth, and density of cultivation, and the position of the ropes within the raft. His group has also studied the patterns of recruitment of mussel post-larvae on both rope collectors and intertidal beds. He has also led a study on the performance, under raft-suspended cultivation conditions, of mussels coming from several hatchery-produced crosses between M. edulis and M. galloprovincialis. In the last six years, his research team has been involved in several projects on the study of the temporal and spatial distribution of mussel larvae along the Galician coastline. In this context, they have developed the two first monoclonal antibodies for the identification of mussel larvae from plankton samples. At present, he is involved in an internal project of selective breeding of oysters, Ostrea edulis, for resistance to Bonamia ostreae, and he also participate in the EU-CRAFT project “Bonamia ostreae life cycle investigations, optimised production of resistant Ostrea edulis spat, and studies of oyster (Ostrea edulis) immune mechanisms”

Key publications

  • Fuentes, J., Molares, J., 1994. Settlement of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis on collectors suspended from rafts in the Ría de Arousa (NW of Spain): annual pattern and spatial variability. Aquaculture 122, 55-62.
  • Fuentes, J., Reyero, I., Zapata, C., Alvarez, G., 1994. Production traits of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis cultured in Galicia (NW of Spain): relative effects ofsource of seed and growing environment. Aquaculture 122, 19-31.
  • Fuentes, J., Molares, J., Villalba, A., 1998. Growth, mortality and parasitization of mussels cultivated in the Ría de Arousa (NW Spain) from two sources of seed:intertidal rocky shore vs. collector ropes. Aquaculture 162, 231-240.
  • VILLALBA, A., S.G. MOURELLE, M.J. CARBALLAL, M.C. LÓPEZ. 1993. Effects of infection by the protistan parasite Marteilia refringens on the reproduction ofcultured mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis in Galicia (NW Spain). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 17: 205-213.
  • VILLALBA, A., S.G. MOURELLE, M.C. LÓPEZ, M.J. CARBALLAL, C. AZEVEDO. 1993. Marteiliasis affecting cultured mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis of Galicia(NW Spain). I. Etiology, phases of the infection, and temporal and spatial variability in prevalence. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 16: 61-72.
  • VILLALBA, A. 1995. Gametogenic cycle of cultured mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, in the bays of Galicia (N.W. Spain). Aquaculture, 130: 269-277.