{"id":2726,"date":"2018-03-08T04:38:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T04:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zapcoaquaculture.com\/?page_id=2726"},"modified":"2022-11-08T16:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T16:05:41","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zapcoaquaculture.com\/resources\/glossary","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-header-532520724\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center flex-row medium-flex-wrap\">\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col text-left medium-text-center\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Glossary          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col flex-right text-right medium-text-center\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb breadcrumbs uppercase\">Home<\/nav><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n       <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"cm-glossary\"><div class=\"glossary-container \"><input type=\"hidden\" class=\"cmtt-attribute-field\" name=\"glossary_index_style\" value=\"classic\"><div id=\"glossaryList-nav\" class=\"listNav \" role=\"tablist\"><\/div><ul class=\"glossaryList\" role=\"tablist\" id=\"glossaryList\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTermSet\"><li class=\"\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapcoaquaculture.com\/glossary\/bottom-culturing\" role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \" style=\"\" itemprop=\"url\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Bottom culturing&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Bottom&#xA0;culturing&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;&#xA0;is the closest method to growing oysters like wild oysters. Although farmed oysters do not set on a surface like wild spat, if spread on the bottom, they have the same grow-out pattern as their native cousins since they are filtering the same water and living on the same bottom that affects their shell color and rigidity.&lt;\/div&gt;\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Bottom culturing<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapcoaquaculture.com\/glossary\/oyster-spat\" role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \" style=\"\" itemprop=\"url\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Oyster Spat&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&#13;\n&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;header class=&amp;quot;entry-content-header&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&#13;\n&amp;lt;h1 class=&amp;quot;post-title entry-title&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Oyster Spat&amp;lt;\/h1&amp;gt;&#13;\n&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;entry-content&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;Oysters are a type of&#xA0;shellfish&#xA0;that live in brackish and saltwater bays,&#xA0;estuaries, and tidal creeks. When oysters reproduce, they spawn tiny larvae that freely navigate the water column until they find an appropriate habitat with a structure to settle on. Once the larvae permanently attach to a surface, they are known as spat.&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&#13;\n&amp;lt;\/header&amp;gt;&#13;\n&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;post_delimiter&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&#13;\n&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&#13;\n&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;post_author_timeline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;single-big&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&#13;\n&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;comment-entry post-entry&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;inner_sidebar extralight-border&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&#13;\n&lt;\/div&gt;\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Oyster Spat<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapcoaquaculture.com\/glossary\/polypropylene-pp\" role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \" style=\"\" itemprop=\"url\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Polypropylene (PP)&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. An addition polymer made from the monomer propylene, it can be produced in a variety of structures giving rise to applications including packaging and labeling, textiles, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, automotive components, and medical devices. It is a white, mechanically rugged material, and is resistant to many chemical solvents, bases and acids.&lt;\/div&gt;\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Polypropylene (PP)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapcoaquaculture.com\/glossary\/polyurethane-pu\" role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \" style=\"\" itemprop=\"url\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Polyurethane (PU)&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Polyurethane (PUR and PU) is a polymer composed of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links. While most polyurethanes are thermosetting polymers that do not melt when heated, thermoplastic polyurethanes are also available.&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;Polyurethane polymers are traditionally and most commonly formed by reacting a di- or poly-isocyanate with a polyol. Both the isocyanates and polyols used to make polyurethanes contain, on average, two or more functional groups per molecule.&lt;\/div&gt;\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Polyurethane (PU)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/DefinedTerm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapcoaquaculture.com\/glossary\/thermoplastic-polyurethane-tpu\" role=\"term\" class=\"glossaryLink glossary-link-title \" style=\"\" itemprop=\"url\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is any of a class of polyurethane plastics with many properties, including elasticity, transparency, and resistance to oil, grease and abrasion. 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