Pectinidology (SCALLOPS) with Dr. Samantha Lynch
Image description: Dr. Samantha Lynch has long brown hair and wears a teal shirt and a grey cableknit cardigan with a shimmery necklace and smiles toward camera. The Ologies logo appears in the lower left corner.
They clap. They swim. They have dozens of eyes and 2 million babies. They are scallops. Pectinidologist Dr. Samantha Lynch climbs aboard to share stories of theft on the brackish seas, gossip about scallops vs. oysters, ponderings on Disney bras, months without Rs, bay scallops, sea scallops, filter feeders, shellfish volunteering, curious baby bivalves, seagrass, red tides, and free buffets. We also check in with James Beard Award-nominated chef Miles Thompson who offers cooking tips (with a fair warning for vegetarians.) Also: a 507 year old bivalve and Alie’s TMI endocrinology odyssey. A real whopper of an episode!
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Links to things we discussed:
Paleopectenologist Leo George Hertlein
Effect of aquaculture on world fish supplies
Dr. Rosamond L. Naylor's work in sustainable aquaculture
Scientists discover world's oldest clam, killing it in the process
Ming the clam, world's oldest animal, was actually 507 years old
'Scallop Discos': How Some Glitzy Lights Could Lead To A Low-Impact Fishery
Ernst Haeckel’s Alleged Anti-Semitism and Contributions to Nazi Biology
Ear-hanging scallops for aquaculture
List of longest living organisms
World’s oldest dog celebrates 31st birthday
Seagrass meadows as a globally significant carbonate reservoir
Microalgae for Human and Animal Nutrition
Chapter 2 Development, physiology, behaviour and ecology of scallop larvae
'Jubilee' fish lures families to beach for easy-to-catch seafood
Jubilee underway in Mississippi waters; seafood safe, but be cautious
80 tons of dead fish scooped out of the Mississippi Sound - July 3, 2013
1972 paper: Observations on the 1971 summer red tide in Tampa Bay, Florida
Dr. Amy Ringwood talking from the lab
The Walrus and The Carpenter Or the Story of the Curious Oysters
How to Pronounce “Scallop” | New England Dialect
Diver-harvested scallops: Precious as pearls
Vibrio Species Causing Vibriosis
Impact of Climate Change on Vibrio vulnificus Abundance and Exposure Risk
Scallops Have Eyes, and Each One Builds a Beautiful Living Mirror
Welcome to Scallop Month, a celebration of all things Scallop!
Oyster Farming Market Size & Revenue by [2023-2028]
Sex change in scallop Patinopecten yessoensis: response to population composition?
Silver Recovery from Laundry Washwater: The Role of Detergent Chemistry
Sunscreens as a source of hydrogen peroxide production in coastal waters
Reef Repair sunscreen explains science
“The World’s Last Commercial Wild Bay Scallop Fishery In Nantucket” (December 2020)
Anti-predator adaptations in a great scallop (Pecten maximus) – a palaeontological perspective
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