Email this article Individual Growth of Anodonta beringiana (Unionidae, Bivalvia) in Postlarval Ontogenesis
- Authors: Zotin A.A.1, Popov I.Y.2,3
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Affiliations:
- Koltsov Institute of Development Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences
- St. Petersburg State University
- Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology
- Issue: Vol 50, No 4 (2019)
- Pages: 189-193
- Section: Developmental Biology of Invertebrates
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1062-3604/article/view/183905
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062360419040088
- ID: 183905
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Abstract
Individual linear growth in 26 specimens of Anodonta beringiana is studied by measuring the successive annual rings on the surface of the shells. It is shown that the growth of mollusks is well described by the von Bertalanffy growth equation. The coefficients of this equation do not significantly differ between individuals, averaging k = 0.062 ± 0.011 year–1 and L∞ = 155.8 ± 19.5 mm. Species lifespan, calculated as a product of the growth constant k and the maximum longevity of mussels in the population, is 1.7. This value is close to the average species lifespan of other bivalve species.
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A. A. Zotin
Koltsov Institute of Development Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Email: zotin@idbras.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119334
I. Yu. Popov
St. Petersburg State University; Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology
Email: zotin@idbras.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034; Pesochny, St. Petersburg, 197758
