margaritifera
spat began to show mass mortality in the pearl farm, the
spat group reared there (possibly infected with a contagious factor), and the group reared in the laboratory (unlikely to be infected) were transferred into the same aquarium (10-60 individuals [group.sup.-1] [aquarium.sup.-1]).
The use of a primary nursery system is to ensure maximum growth and survival, but high mortalities of
spat transferred from the hatchery to the sea are experienced (Bourne & Hodgson 1991, Grecian et al.
In these countries, hatchery-reared
spat are now used for commercial pearl production.
Table 2 shows the mean shell length of
spat fed with different microalga species during the 30-day period.
He insisted: "I absolutely and categorically deny I
spat at anyone and I cannot understand why Hull are making these accusations against me.
The organisation carried out a poll of nearly 300 soccer fans from 19 clubs around England and found they were overwhelmingly upset by the incident in which Bolton's ex-Liverpool FC striker, El-Hadji Diouf,
spat at Portsmouth's Arjan de Zeeuw.
"He
spat in my direction," Hewitt said after wrapping up a 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-4 win.
Hewitt confirmed Chela had
spat towards him but said he would not be taking the matter further.
A Petah Tikvah junior high school teacher has come up with a unique way to punish a student who
spat into her cup of tea during class.
He wrote: "It is vile but let me assure you now -- I would have preferred Lucas Neill to have
spat at me the day he broke my leg in September 2003.
Colin Petchey: "Fully support this, coppers being
spat at is vile."