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Biometric studies on the bivalvesAstarte elliptica, A. borealis andA. montagui in Kiel Bay (Western Baltic Sea)
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 39, pages 245–253 (1985)
Abstract
The threeAstarte species were studied in June 1983 at two sites in Kiel Bay, “Süderfahrt” and “Schleimünde”, at 20 m depth. Shell length to live wet weight correlations are given for all three species; forA. elliptica also shell-free dry weight, shell dry weight, ash-free dry weight of the soft body and ash-free dry weight of the shell are recorded as functions of the shell length. In the logarithmic length/weight regression analysis the coefficients of slope forA. elliptica andA. borealis are 3. ForA. montagui, that coefficient is significantly greater than 3. Weight conversion factors, calculated forA. elliptica, revealed a mean weight composition of 31.5 % water in the mantle cavity and tissue water, 64.5 % shell ash, 2.1 % organic content of shell, 1.7 % organic content of the soft body and 0.4 % ash of the soft body. An isometric growth of shell length and shell breadth is confirmed forA. borealis, whileA. montagui exhibits positive allometric shell growth and changes its shape during life.
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Schaefer, R., Trutschler, K. & Rumohr, H. Biometric studies on the bivalvesAstarte elliptica, A. borealis andA. montagui in Kiel Bay (Western Baltic Sea). Helgolander Meeresunters 39, 245–253 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01992772
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