Effects of the interaction between temperature and steroid hormones on gametogenesis and sex ratio in the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis)

Throughout Europe, populations of Ostrea edulis have been in decline since the 1970s. Temperature has an important influence on physiological, biochemical and reproductive attributes of oysters. It is also the most easily modulated environmental factor in hatcheries, so it is useful to understand the implications of temperature variation in driving gametogenesis and sex development in a protandrous sequential hermaphrodites such as O. edulis. To...