Growth rates of the infaunal bivalve Soletellina alba (Lamarck, 1818) (Bivalvia: Psammobiidae) in an intermittent estuary of southern Australia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 873-885

  Matthews, Ty G ^a   Fairweather, Peter G ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic; Cages; Condition; Infauna; Mark recapture; Molluscs; Mortality; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

CAGE CULTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; PSAMMOBIIDAE; SOLETELLINA ALBA;

EID: 0346264850     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Aldridge, D.W., McMahon, R.F., 1978. Growth, fecundity, and bioenergetics in a natural population of the Asiatic freshwater clam, Corbicula manilensis Philippi, from north central Texas. Journal of Molluscan Studies 44, 49-70.
2. Bachelet, G., 1980. Growth and recruitment of the tellinid bivalve Macoma balthica at the southern limit of its geographical distribution, the Gironde Estuary (SW France). Marine Biology 59, 105-117.
3. Bachelet, G., 1989. Recruitment in Abra tenuis (Montagu) (Bivalvia, Semelidae), a species with direct development and a protracted meiobenthic phase. In: Reproduction Genetics and Distributions of Marine Organisms, Proceedings of 23rd European Marine Biology Symposium, Olsen & Olsen, Denmark, pp. 23-30.
4. Beauchamp, K.A., 1986. Reproductive ecology of the brooding, hermaphroditic clam Lasaea subviridis. Marine Biology 93, 225-235.
5. Beukema, J.J., 1993. Successive changes in distribution patterns as an adaptive strategy in the bivalve Macoma balthica (L.) in the Wadden Sea. Helgolander Meeresunters 47, 287-304.
6. Butler, A.J., 1987. Ecology of Pinna bicolor Gmelin (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in Gulf St Vincent, South Australia: density, reproductive cycle, recruitment, growth and mortality at three sites. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38, 743-769.
7. Butler, A.J., Brewster, F.J., 1979. Size distributions and growth of the fan-shell Pinna bicolor Gmelin (Mollusca: Eulamellibranchia) in South Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30, 25-39.
8. Cassie, R.M., 1954. Some uses of probability paper in the analysis of size frequency distributions. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5, 513-522.
9. Cerrato, R.M., Wallace, H.V.E., Lightfoot, K.G., 1991. Tidal and seasonal patterns in the chondrophore of the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria. Biological Bulletin 181, 307-311.
10. Clasing, E., Brey, T., Stead, R., Navarro, J., Asencio, G., 1994. Population dynamics of Venus antiqua (Bivalvia: Veneracea) in the Bahia de Yaldad, Isla de Chiloe, Southern Chile. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 177, 171-186.
11. Dietz, T.H., Stern, E.M., 1977. Seasonal changes in reproductive activity and biochemical composition of the fingernail clam, Sphaerium transversum. The Nautilus 91, 136-140.
12. Grant, A., Morgan, P.J., Olive, P.J.W., 1987. Use made in ecology of methods for estimating demographic parameters from size/ frequency data. Marine Biology 95, 201-208.
13. Harvey, M., Vincent, B., 1989. Spatial and temporal variations of the reproduction cycle and energy allocation of the bivalve Macoma balthica (L.) on a tidal flat. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 129, 199-217.
14. Hodgson, A.N., 1982. Studies on wound healing and an estimation of the rate of regeneration of the siphon of Scrobicularia plana (da Costa). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 62, 117-128.
15. Irlandi, E.A., 1997. Seagrass patch size and survivorship of an infaunal bivalve. Oikos 78, 511-518.
16. Kabat, A.R., 1985. The allometry of brooding in Transennella tantilla (Gould) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 91, 271-279.
17. Kautsky, N., 1982. Quantitative studies on gonadal cycle, fecundity, reproductive output and recruitment in a Baltic Mytilus edulis population. Marine Biology 68, 143-160.
18. Kevrekidis, T., Koukouras, A., 1992. Population dynamics, growth and productivity of Abra ovata (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in the Evros Delta (North Aegean Sea). Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie 77, 291-301.
19. Kube, J., Peters, C., Powilleit, M., 1996. Spatial variation in growth of Macoma balthica and Mya arenaria (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in relation to environmental gradients in the Pomeranian Bay (Southern Baltic Sea). Archive of Fishery and Marine Research 44, 81-93.
20. Lastra, M., Palacio, J., Mora, J., 1993. Population dynamics and secondary production of Abra alba (Wood) (Bivalvia) in the Santander Bay, Northern Spain. Sarsia 78, 35-42.
21. Le Pennec, M., Beninger, P.G., 2000. Reproductive characteristics and strategies of reducing-system bivalves. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 126, 1-16.
22. MacDonald, P.D.M., Pitcher, T.J., 1979. Age-groups from size-frequency data: a versatile and efficient method of analysing distribution mixtures. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board, Canada 36, 987-1001.
23. MacDonald, B.A., Thomas, M.L.H., 1980. Age determination of the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria using shell internal growth lines. Marine Biology 58, 105-109.
24. Manly, B.F.J., 1996. Are there clumps in body-size distributions? Ecology 77, 81-86.
25. Martin-Smith, K.M., 1993. Abundance of mobile epifauna: the role of habitat complexity and predation by fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 174, 243-260.
26. Maurer, D., Keck, R.T., Tinsman, J.C., Leathem, W.A., Wethe, C., Lord, C., Church, T.M., 1986. Vertical migration and mortality of marine benthos in dredged material: a synthesis. Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie 71, 49-63.
27. McGrath, D., O'Foighil, D., 1986. Population dynamics and reproduction of hermaphroditic Lasaea rubra (Montagu) (Bivalvia, Galeommatacea). Ophelia 25, 209-219.
28. McGrorty, S., Goss-Custard, J.D., 1995. Population dynamics of Mytilus edulis along environmental gradients: density-dependent changes in adult mussel numbers. Marine Ecology Progress Series 129, 197-213.
29. Moller, P., Rosenberg, R., 1983. Recruitment, abundance and production of Mya arenaria and Cardium edule in marine shallow waters, Western Sweden. Ophelia 22, 33-55.
30. Moran, M.J., Fairweather, P.G., Underwood, A.J., 1984. Growth and mortality of the predatory intertidal gastropod Morula marginalba Blainville. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 75, 1-17.
31. Morton, B.S., 1969. Studies on the biology of Dreissena polymorpha Pall. Ill. Population dynamics. Proceedings of the Malacological Society London 38, 471-482.
32. Morton, B.S., 1977. The population dynamics of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculacea) in Plover Cove reservoir, Hong Kong. Journal of Zoology 181, 21-42.
33. Morton, B.S., 1994. The biology and functional morphology of Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad, 1837): an "opportunistic" scallop. The Veliger 37, 5-22.
34. Nakaoka, M., 1994. Size dependant reproductive traits of Yoldia notabilis (Bivalvia, Protobranchia). Marine Ecology Progress Series 114, 1-16.
35. Nakaoka, M., 1998. Optimal resource allocation of the marine bivalve Yoldia notabilis: the effects of size-limited reproductive capacity and size-dependant mortality. Evolutionary Ecology 12, 347-361.
36. Ockelmann, K.W., Muus, K., 1978. The biology, ecology and behaviour of the bivalve Mysella bidentata (Montagu). Ophelia 17, 1-93.
37. Olaffson, E.B., Peterson, C.H., Ambrose, W.G., 1994. Does recruitment limitation structure populations and communities of macro-invertebrate in marine soft-sediments? The relative significance of pre-and post-settlement processes. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 32, 65-109.
38. Palacios, R., Armstrong, D.A., Orensanz, J.L., 2000. Fate and legacy of an invasion: extinct and extant populations of the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria) in Grays Harbor (Washington). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 10, 279-303.
39. Paterson, K.J., Nell, J.A., 1997. Effect of different growing techniques and substrate types on the growth and survival of the clams Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck) and Katelysia rhytiphora (Lamy). Aquaculture Research 28, 707-715.
40. Paul, A.J., Paul, J.M., Feder, H.M., 1976. Age, growth, and recruitment of the butter clam, Saxidomus gigantea, on Porpoise Island, southeast Alaska. Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association 66, 26-28.
41. Peterson, C.H., 1982. The importance of predation and intra-and interspecific competition in the population biology of two infaunal suspension-feeding bivalves, Protothaca staminea and Chione undatella. Ecological Monographs 52, 437-475.
42. Peterson, C.H., 1992. Competition for food and its community-level implications. Benthos Research 42, 1-11.
43. Peterson, C.H., Andre, S.V., 1980. An experimental analysis of interspecific competition among marine filter feeders in a soft-sediment environment. Ecology 61, 129-139.
44. Peterson, C.H., Beal, B.F., 1989. Bivalve growth and higher order interactions: importance of density, site and time. Ecology 70, 1390-1404.
45. Peterson, C.H., Black, R., 1988a. Density-dependent mortality caused by physical stress interacting with biotic history. The American Naturalist 131, 257-270.
46. Peterson, C.H., Black, R., 1988b. Responses of growth to elevation fail to explain vertical zonation of suspension-feeding bivalves on a tidal flat. Oecologia 76, 423-429.
47. Peterson, C.H., Black, R., 1993. Experimental tests of the advantages and disadvantages of high density for two coexisting cockles in a Southern Ocean lagoon. Journal of Animal Ecology 62, 614-633.
48. Peterson, C.H., Quammen, M., 1982. Siphon nipping: its importance to small fishes and its impact on the growth of the bivalve Protothaca staminea (Conrad). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 63, 249-268.
49. Peterson, C.H., Wells, F.E., 1998. Molluscs in marine and estuarine sediments. In: Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B., Wells, A. (Eds.), Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis, vol. 5. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 36-46.
50. Ponder, W.F., Clark, S.A., Dallwitz, M.J., 2000. Freshwater and Estuarine Molluscs: An Interactive, Illustrative Key for NSW. (CD-ROM) CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
51. Seed, R., Brown, R.A., 1977. A comparison of the reproductive cycles of Modiolus modiolus (L.), Cerastoderma (=Cardium) edule (L.), and Mytilus edulis L. in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Oecologia 30, 173-188.
52. Seed, R., Brown, R.A., 1978. Growth as a strategy for survival in two marine bivalves, Cerastoderma edule and Modiolus modiolus. Journal of Animal Ecology 47, 283-292.
53. Sellmer, G.P., 1967. Functional morphology and ecological life history of the gem clam, Gemma gemma (Eulamellibranchia: Veneridae). Malacologia 5, 137-223.
54. Teske, P.R., Wooldridge, T., 2001. A comparison of the macrobenthic faunas of permanently open and temporarily open/closed South African estuaries. Hydrobiologia 464, 227-243.
55. Trevallion, A., 1971. Studies on Tellina tenuis Da Costa III. Aspects of general biology and energy flow. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 7, 92-122.
56. Virnstein, R.W., 1978. Predator caging experiments in soft sediments: caution advised. In: Wiley, M.L. (Ed.), Estuarine Interactions, Academic Press, New York, pp. 261-273.
57. Willis, S.E., Laurenson, L.J.B., Mitchell, B.D., Harrington, D.J., 1999. Diet of larval and juvenile bream, Acanthopagrus butcheri, in the Hopkins River Estuary, Victoria, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 111, 283-295.
58. Wilson, B.R., Hodgkin, E.P., 1967. A comparative account of the reproductive cycles of five species of marine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in the vicinity of Fremantle, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 18, 175-203.
59. Wilson, J.G., 1997. Long-term changes in density, population structure and growth rate of Tellina tenuis from Dublin Bay, Ireland. Oceanologica Acta 20, 267-274.
60. Zwarts, L., 1986. Burying depth of the benthic bivalve Scrobicularia plana (da Costa) in relation to siphon-cropping. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 101, 25-39.