Life span variation of the freshwater pearl shell: A model species for testing longevity mechanisms in animals

Ambio

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 102-105

  Ziuganov, Valery ^a   Miguel, Eduardo San ^b   Neves, Richard J ^c   Longa, Angeles ^d   Fernández, Carlos ^e   Amaro, Rafaela ^f   Beletsky, Victor ^a   Popkovitch, Ekaterina ^b   Kaliuzhin, Sviatoslav ^c   Johnson, Torbjörn ^d  

^a KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Facultad de Veterinaria   (Spain)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓNS MARIÑAS   (Spain)

^e Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Center Varzuga ^*  (Russian Federation)

^f Box 54 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FRESHWATER; LONGEVITY; SHELL;

MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 0034015703     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-29.2.102     Document Type: Article

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25. We are grateful to Mr. Jesus Latas, and Mr. Enrique Torres for assisting with data collection in Spain. Dr. Harry Mutvei, Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, Sweden, kindly helped with age determination of some pearlshells from the Varzuga River. The valuable criticisms and suggestions of Dr. G. Bauer greatly improved this manuscript.
26. First submitted 27 April 1999. Accepted for publication after revision 15 October 1999.