Abstract
Abstract A reciprocal mussel seed transfer experiment was conducted involving two farm sites (Charles Arm and Thwart Island) whose seedstocks differed significantly in their respective compositions of Mytilus edulis L., M. trossulus Gould and hybrids. Electrophoretic variation at the mannose phosphate isomerase (Mpi) enzyme locus was used to classify the two species and their hybrids. Survival and growth in shell length, wet weight, shell weight and flesh weight were monitored over a 14-mo period. Both stock groups originating from Thwart Island seed (TI reared on its native site and the transferred TI-X stock) and the transferred stock group originating from Charles Arm seed (CA-X) showed no evidence of genotype-dependent variability in survival whereas, in the Charles Arm seed reared on its native site (CA), the proportion of M. edulis declined in relation to M. trossulus. There was no evidence of either a survival advantage or disadvantage in hybrids. After 14 mo, both transferred stocks (CA-X and TI-X...
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