This study was performed to find out the optimal larval stage among trochophore, D-shaped and umbo stage larvae and the desirable protective additive such as fructose, glucose, sucrose and trehalose with cryoprotectant for cryopreservation of surf clam, Spisula sachalinensis larvae. Dimethyl sulfoxide and ethylene glycol were used as cryoprotectant and each cryoprotectant was made to 2.0 M with previous protective additives. The larvae were immersed in the preparations waited for 15 minutes to reach equilibration, and then frozen in a program freezer (-35) and liquid nitrogen (-196). The freezing rate of 1.0 /min. was used for cryopreservation of trochophores before seeding temperature (-12). The survival rate of frozen-thawed larvae increased as larval developing and that of umbo stage larvae was the highest as 96.1 1.0%. The presence of lower concentration of disaccharides as sucrose or trehalose significantly enhanced survival rate when mixed with cryoprotectants (P<0.05). The results of our study indicate that desirable developmental stages of larvae and protective additive for cryopreservation are the umbo stage larvae and 0.2 M sucrose, respectively.

동해안산 북방대합의 유생을 냉동보존하기 위한 적절한 유생단계를 선택하기 위해, 담륜자, 초기 D상 유생, 후기 B상 유생, 초기 각정기, 후기 각정기 유생에 대한 냉동실험을 실시하였다. 동해방지제로는 dimethyl sulfoxide와 ethylene g1yco1를 사용하였다. 동해방지제에 각 단계의 유생을 10분간 두어 평형상태에 달하게 한 다음, 냉동하여 액체질소에 보존하였다. 해동결과, 가장 높은 생존율을 나타낸 유생은 담륜자로서 동해방지제 2.0