Sentence examples for hard clam from inspiring English sources

The Connecticut clam -- Mercenaria mercenaria -- is known as a quahog throughout New England, but a hard clam farther south.

We cloned clam MT. Then a specific primer for the hard clam was designed for MT mRNA measurements using real-time PCR.

In coastal Virginia, USA, runoff from tomato fields with plastic mulch was suspected of causing mortality of commercial hard clam larvae at a hatchery located downstream of farming operations.

In hard clam, hemocytes constitute the primary line of defense against materials recognized as non-self [ 14].

The hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, has been affected by severe mortality episodes associated with the protistan parasite QPX (Quahog Parasite Unknown) for several years.

In the hard clam, our quantitative PCR results revealed that QPX challenge significantly induced the expression of RACK-1 in both gill and mantle tissues.

WHEN most Long Island baymen harvest hard clams it is a simple and laborious process.

Razor clams are much more perishable than hard clams, but their shelf life can be extended by steaming them for use in salads later.

In-shore hard clams, used for clams on the half shell, on the other hand, account for less than 1percentt of the state's total catch.

In 1975 more than 722,000 bushels of hard clams were harvested in New York, along with almost 300,000 bushels of oysters and about 49,000 pounds of bay scallops.

Michael J. Gerlipp, a vice president at South Bay Seafood, a wholesaler in Bohemia, said the wholesale price for hard clams was currently about 18 cents a clam, or $90 for a bag of 500.