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AQUACULTURE DIVISION STAFF
John Scarpa, Ph.D.
(Associate Scientist, Director of Molluscan Research) - jscarpa@hboi.edu
Dr. Scarpa's research is focused on physiology,
genetics, nutrition and immunology of aquaculture organisms. During an STA-NSF fellowship in Japan, Dr. Scarpa was the
first to document the viability of
induced tetraploid bivalves. Current research topics include developing culture technology for aquatic species
that contain pharmaceutical compounds,
improving culture techniques for growing marine shrimp in freshwater and improving bivalve culture through breeding.
He teaches a variety of subjects in the ACTED and IRCC programs. Dr. Scarpa is an
associate faculty member at Florida Tech and
Indian River Community College. He received his B.S. in 1982 from Long Island University--Southampton College,
his M.S. in 1985 from the University
of Delaware, and his Ph.D. in 1989 from Texas A&M University.
Selected Publications:
McGraw, W.J. and J. Scarpa. 2004. Mortality of freshwater-acclimated Litopenaeus vannamei associated with acclimation rate, habituation period, and ionic challenge. Aquaculture: 236: 285-296.
McGraw, W.J. and J. Scarpa. 2003. Minimum environmental potassium for survival of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) in freshwater. Journal of Shellfish Research 22(1): 263-267.
Scarpa, J. 2002. Method for the production of genetically modified bivalve trochophore larvae as a feed for marine fish larvae. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 12(4): 1-11.
Scarpa, J., J.E. Toro and K.T. Wada. (1994) Direct comparison of six methods to induce triploidy in bivalves. Aquaculture, 119: 119-133.
Research Projects:
[ LINK ] - Potential of triploidy as a strategy for improving the stress resistance of cultured hard clams
[ LINK ] - Production and maintenance of dermo-free oysters for physiological and disease studies
[ LINK ] - Ionic requirements for culturing the marine shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in low salinity environments
[ LINK ] - Effect of low salinity on growth and survival of postlarvae and juvenile Litopenaeus vannamei
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