Below we give a comprehensive example of entity aspect links in our dataset regarding the target entity “Oyster”. This entity defines an aspect catalog ranging from its anatomy and habitat to its uses as food. Below the full catalog of aspects associated with oysters:
The word “oyster” comes from Old French oistre, and first appeared in English during the 14th century. The French derived from the Latin ostrea, the feminine form of ostreum, which is the latinisation of the Greek ὄστρεον (ostreon), “oyster”. Compare ὀστέον (osteon), “bone”.
True oysters
True oysters are members of the family Ostreidae. This family includes the edible oysters, which mainly belong to the genera Ostrea, Crassostrea, Ostreola, Magallana, and Saccostrea. Examples include the Belon oyster, eastern oyster, Olympia oyster, Pacific oyster, and the Sydney rock oyster. […]
Oysters are filter feeders, drawing water in over their gills through the beating of cilia. Suspended plankton and particles are trapped in the mucus of a gill, and from there are transported to the mouth, where they are eaten, digested, and expelled as feces or pseudofeces. […]
A group of oysters is commonly called a bed or oyster reef.
As a keystone species, oysters provide habitat for many marine species. Crassostrea and Saccostrea live mainly in the intertidal zone, while Ostrea is subtidal. […]
Bivalves, including oysters, are effective filter feeders and can have large effects on the water columns in which they occur. As filter feeders, oysters remove plankton and organic particles from the water column. […]
As an ecosystem engineer oysters provide “supporting” ecosystem services, along with “provisioning”, “regulating” and “cultural” services. Oysters influence nutrient cycling, water filtration, habitat structure, biodiversity, and food web dynamics. […]
Middens testify to the prehistoric importance of oysters as food, with some middens in New South Wales, Australia dated at ten thousand years. […]
Jonathan Swift is quoted as having said, “He was a bold man that first ate an oyster”. […]
Consumption of oyster is forbidden by Jewish and some Islamic dietary laws.
Depuration
Depuration of oysters is a common industry practice and widely researched in the scientific community but is not commonly known by end consumers. The main objective of seafood depuration is to remove fecal contamination in seafood before being sold to end consumers. […]
Oysters are subject to various diseases which can reduce harvests and severely deplete local populations. Disease control focuses on containing infections and breeding resistant strains, and is the subject of much ongoing research. […]
Charvet Place Vendôme
Oyster/Types
[…] Buttons are made from Australian mother-of-pearl, cut from the surface of the oyster shell for added strength and greater color clarity. For formal shirts, bibs are hand pleated. Though its traditional ready-to-wear shirts are trim, the company has also introduced in 2009 a “slim fit” line.
Caprella mutica
Oyster/Habitat and behaviour
[…] Along with additional specimens discovered in 1983 in Coos Bay, Oregon, these populations are believed to have been introduced to the area as a result of the importation of oyster spat of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) from Japan for oyster farming. Oysters are usually transported with algae as a packing material, particularly Sargassum muticum in which C. mutica are associated with.
Harris Creek (Maryland)
Oyster/Habitat and behaviour
The Nature Conservancy, and the Oyster Recovery Partnership, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers planted oyster spat on 350 underwater acres. Planting began in 2012.Water quality is measured with a vertical profiler and water quality sondes moored at the bottom.In 2013, 112,500 tons of fossilized oyster shell were transported from Florida, and 42,536 tons of the shell went into Harris Creek (the rest went to the Little Choptank River.
Eurypanopeus depressus
Oyster/Habitat and behaviour
This crab has an omnivorous diet which includes algae, detritus, oyster spats, polychaete worms, sponges, amphipods and other small crustaceans. When fully submerged it moves about on the substrate but when exposed by the retreating tide it conceals itself, being particularly associated with beds of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). It cannot withstand desiccation so it chooses moist places in which to hide. It shares its habitat with the black-fingered mud crab (Panopeus herbstii).
Starvegoat Island
Oyster/Human history
Starvegoat Island (or Starve Goat Island) was a small island in the Providence River, Providence, Rhode Island. The island also appears as “Sunshine Island” on the 1927 North American datum map produced by the US Army Corps of Engineers 30th Battalion. The island was the southeastern most point in the city of Providence. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was known for its oystering. […]
Solomons, Maryland
Oyster/Human history
The Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Solomons […] In a traffic circle outside the Arts Building stands a landmark bronze fountain-sculpture made for Annmarie Garden which depicts a Chesapeake Bay waterman standing in a boat while holding oyster-harvesting tongs. […]
Depuration
Oyster/As food
[…] One research study attempts to link the benefits of consumer awareness of shellfish depuration and found that surveyed restaurants were reluctant to sell depurated seafood. Whereas in the same study, consumers surveyed indicated they were prepared to pay a premium for depurated oysters. However, the willingness to pay a premium was expressed after the consumer was informed about depuration and depurated seafood indicating the average consumer was unaware about the depuration process.
Cordova, Alaska
Oyster/As food
The Cordova Iceworm Festival takes place each February and is an effective way to thwart the winter blues. Activities include a parade, talent show, royal crowning ceremony, and various competitions such as an oyster shucking contest, ping pong tournament, and a survival suit race.
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