| impact of the copepod mytilicola orientalis on the pacific oyster crassostrea gigas in ireland. | infections of a population of crassostrea gigas by the copepod mytilicola orientalis were examined at an oyster growing site at dungarvan, county waterford, ireland. twenty-one samples, each consisting of 20 to 30 oysters have been examined over 2 yr. condition, sex, reproductive stage, length, weight, glycogen content and other parasite burdens of the oysters were examined in relation to the degree of infection of m. orientalis; 14.38% of oysters were infested. mean abundance was 0.6 oyster(-1) ... | 2001 | 11775796 |