Resistance to desiccation and oxygen debt in wedge clams

Rao, S Raghuram and Kutty, M N (1969) Resistance to desiccation and oxygen debt in wedge clams. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Mollusca ; MBAI, 12-16 January 1968, Cochin.

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    Abstract

    The wedge dams, Donax cimeatus Linnaeus and Donax faba Cimelin acclimated to about 30° C. and exposed to air, indicated that at room temperature (average 30° C) Donax faba have a longer survival time (94 hours) than D. cmeatus (69 hours) as suggested by their 50% survival time. Survival of D. cmeatus exposed to air was studied at two lower temperatures (17 and 12° C) as well. While the survival of D. cmeatus at 17° C does not appear to be markedly different from that at room temperature, at 12° C the 50% survival time of D. cuneatus was considerably reduced (29 hours).

    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Desiccation; oxygen debt; wedge clams
    Subjects: Molluscan Fisheries > Clam
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
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    Date Deposited: 17 Aug 2010 00:25
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:16
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/2369

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