ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHELK
Old English weoloc; related to Middle Dutch willok, Old Norse vil entrails.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHELK»
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Life in the Chesapeake Bay
The knobbed whelk, Busycon car- lea, and the channeled whelk, Busycotypus
canaliculatus, are aggressive carnivores that prey on other mollusks, particularly
clams. These large, abundant gastropods are found only in the lower Bay in the ...
Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, 2006
DOG WHELK [Nucella lapillus) WHERE FOUND: Often abundant along rocky
coasts in TEMPERATE REGlONS, PARTlCULARLY lN EUROPE. One of the most
unlikely of venomous hunters is to be found lurking in rock pools round the coasts
...
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Peterson First Guide to Shells of North America
Whelk shells have a well-defined siphonal canal and a horny operculum. All
whelks are carnivores or scavengers. The animal's head has a long. tubular
extension called a proboscis. which has a mouth on the end. A whelk is an active
...
Roger Tory Peterson, 1998
Whelks People who say northern snails are dull are obviously not familiar with
the New England neptune (alias the Ten-ridged whelk), Neptuna decemcostata.
Found subtidally on rocky bottoms in the Gulf of Maine, this carnivorous snail has
...
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Coastal Shellfish — A Sustainable Resource: A Sustainable ...
Provenance of crab bought-in as whelk bait by Company B in 1996 Location
County Crab County of purchases Boxes kg totals TOTALS 5135 154050 154050
100 Percentage of all records traced to port. 92.5. ration in each pot consists of ...
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Field Guide to Seafood: How to Identify, Select, and Prepare ...
56. [®|. CONCH,. MUREX,. AND. WHELK. Other Names: Conch: Bahamas,
Caribbean, pink, or queen conch; cobo rosado (Spanish); coo coo; Iambi,
strombe rose (French); sazae (Japanese); schneckenmuschel (German); sea
snail.
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Enantioselective Mechanism of the
Whelk-O1 Chiral Stationary ...
The Whelk-O1 chiral stationary phase is widely used in liquid and supercritical chromatography for the separation of enantiomers.
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Ecology: Principles and Applications
Height of drop (m) Figure 7.2 The total vertical flight necessary to break an
average whelk as a function of the height from which the whelks are dropped.
Arrow indicates mean height used by crows. (After Zach. 1979.) Figure 7.6
Ground ivy ...
J. L. Chapman, M. J. Reiss, 1999
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Living Beaches of Georgia and the Carolinas: A Beachcomber's ...
Knobbed whelk, max 9 in (23 cm) Kiener's whelk, a knobbed whelk variant
Knobbed whelks vary widely Knobbed Whelk RELATIVES: These snails share
the family Melongenidae with other whelks. IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Knobbed
whelks ...
Blair Witherington, Dawn Witherington, 2011
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Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs
Horseshoe crabs are also used as bait in the Delaware Bay whelk (Busycon spp.
) pot fishery. Whelk landings support domestic and international food markets.
Domestically, whelk meat is used principally in ethnic markets in the Northeast ...
John T. Tanacredi, Mark L. Botton, David Smith, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHELK»
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The Unlikely Channeled Whelk Coming Soon... to Your Dinner Table
Shelley explained to me that it's hard to parse out what percent of that whelk comes from the Vineyard, but her guess is at least 30% of the total catch is caught ... «WCAI, Jul 15»
Common lightning whelk has extraordinary history
To modern-day beach-goers, they may not be the most flamboyant species lolling along the tide line. To the ancients, however, the lightning whelk seemed to ... «The News-Press, Jul 15»
Emergency by-law introduced to prevent overfishing of Whelks
There's been an increased demand for whelks from Asian markets. ... the by-law is to protect the stock and maintain a sustainable fishery in whelk in the district. «ITV News, May 15»
Tired of escargots? Try the traditional taste of whelks
I am still the weird little kid who loved escargots while my three older siblings wouldn't touch them. But now that I'm bigger, I've moved up to whelk, a giant sea ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
New catch rule for at risk whelk
The Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) has made an emergency by-law to limit catches of whelk in response to increasing demand ... «Ipswich Star, May 15»
Did You Know: The channeled whelk, Delaware's shell
Our state shell is the channeled whelk, one of two species found in Delaware waters. Some think the knobbed whelk is prettier but it was already taken. It's New ... «The News Journal, Apr 15»
How New Jersey's state shell might save Barnegat Bay
Whelk shells are being used because when piled up they come up off the bay bottom. "We want to make sure that fish and cow-nose rays and other types of ... «NJ.com, Apr 15»
Barnegat Bay advocates hope whelk shell project spurs oyster …
Barnegat Bay advocates hope whelk shell project spurs oyster colony restoration. Whelk shells are deposited into the Barnegat Bay Thursday. (Photo courtesy of ... «Newsworks.org, Apr 15»
Ga. whelk season opens Wednesday
Georgia's whelk trawl harvest season will open at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday and close at 7 p.m. March 31. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources ... «Savannah Morning News, Feb 15»
Westport's Whelk Restaurant Has Best Desserts in CT, Magazine …
The Whelk restaurant in Westport came in first place in the "best desserts" category ... For best desserts in Connecticut, go to the Whelk in Westport, Connecticut ... «Patch.com, Jan 15»
