Table 3 Temperature of gametogenesis initiation and gonads’ maturity for C. gigas populations in different localities

Woods Hole (USA)

15-18°C

18°C

[13]

El Grove, Galicia (Spain)

10°C

16°C

[14]

Onagawa Bay, Miyagi (Japan)

8-10°C

16-18°C

[15]

La Tremblade (France)

10-12°C

[11]

Malborough Sounds (New Zealand)

12-13°C

15-17°C

[16]

Marennes Oléron Bay (France)

8-12°C

16-18°C

[17]

Bizert lagoon (Tunisia)

14-15°C

16-20°C

[18]

Sonora (Mexico)

14°C

[19]

PP, Gulf of Tunis (Tunisia)

12.7°C

20.2°C

Present work

FMB, Bizert lagoon (Tunisia)

22.2°C

19.2°C

Present work