Immunofluorescence identification of early life history stages of scallops (Pectinidae)

Abstract

Describes the development of monoclonal antibodies specific to the veligers of scallop and methods to sort scallop veliger from plankton samples. Although the monoclonal antibodies were prepared against larvae of the giant scallop Placopecten magellanicus, they also recognized some adult tissues of Chlamys islandica. The monoclonal antibodies also recognized giant scallop larvae of different age groups and from different populations of the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Canadian Atlantic Coast. -from Authors