The Barnegat Bay estuary is a habitat that supports many species of plants and animals. The goal of this website is to provide information about the various species of shellfish in Barnegat Bay and their environment.
Bay Scallop
(yes, they have blue eyes)
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Barnegat Bay
Q. What exactly are shellfish?
For one thing, they are not fish. They have no vertebrate (backbone). They do not have scales or fins and few species can swim, most cannot.
The dictionary definition is ” An aquatic animal, such as a mollusk or crustacean, that has a shell or shell-like exoskeleton.
In the culinary world *, two major groups of seafood are called shellfish.
Mollusks – include clams, oysters, mussels, conch, snails and scallops.
Crustaceans – include shrimp, crabs, lobster and crawfish.
* (Squid and octopus (cephalopods) are sometimes considered shellfish as well.)
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Barnegat Bay Watershed
Q. What is a watershed?
A watershed is defined as the area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place, according to the EPA website.
Think of a watershed as a large bathtub. When a drop of water hits anywhere in that bathtub it eventually finds its way to the drain.
A bit more complicated, but that’s the general idea.
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What are those red things in my oyster?
Why do some shellfish turn red when cooked
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Leonardo Fibonacci
an Italian mathematician of the 13th century.
His formula: The Fibonacci Sequence.
A the series of numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc. (0+1=1, 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 3+2=5, 5+3=8, 8+5=13, etc.) .
…so what does this have to do with biology?
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