Production of specific pathogen free larvae from genetically characterized populations of Anadara tuberculosa (Bivalvia), for stock enhancement and aquaculture in the Peru Northeast Biosphere Reserve

The pustulose ark, Anadara tuberculosa , is considered as an emblematic species of the east Pacific mangrove ecosystem. The decline of its populations is of increasing preoccupation, in particular in Peru. The use of hatchery-produced larvae for stock enhancement or aquaculture is attractive but raises strong criticisms from an ecological point of view, as it could conduce to loss of genetic diversity in wild populations and favor the disease...