expected result, as a decrease in CI is typically observed after the spawning peak in early summer (Mccrickard, 2012).
Transfer of oysters from lower to higher salinities without an acclimation step could result in mortality and the NSSP guidelines (FDA, 2009) recommends that salinities in controlled purification plants not vary more than 20% from harvest water salinities. Harvest salinity during the four trials ranged from 15.8 to 29.6 psu. Thus, throughout the four trials,