双壳类软体动物养殖获得成功,应归功于William k.Brooks早期的研究工作。根据文献报道,他早在1879年开始研究牡蛎的产卵、受精以及早期幼体培育。其后四十年,尚未见到有关软体动物人工繁殖任何进展的报道,其它研究者对牡蛎的产卵、幼体培育也没有完全获得成功(Wells,1920);William等人在1920年和1926年期间,对牡蛎、贻贝、蛤以及扇贝等软体动物进行人工 The success of bivalve molluscs farming is attributed to earlier work by William K. Brooks. According to the literature, he began to study oviposition, fertilization and early larval culture of oysters as early as 1879. For the next four decades there have been no reports of any progress in artificial reproduction of molluscs, nor have other researchers succeeded in spawning or larvae of oysters (Wells, 1920); William et al., In 1920 and 1926 During this period, mollusks such as oysters, mussels, clams and scallops were made manually