Arctica (Cyprina) islandica in Kiel Bay (Western Baltic): growth, production and ecological significance

Brey, Thomas; Arntz, Wolf; Pauly, Daniel; Rumohr, Heye

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“…[18,19]. The concentration of glutathione in mantle tissue ranged between 200Á1700 nmol/g WM in different bivalves: Mya arenaria (MLSP:Â13) 420 nmol/g WM; Laternula elliptica (MLSP:Â36) 850 nmol/g WM; Aequipecten opercularis (MLSP: Â10): 800 nmol/mg WM, Adamussium colbecki (MLSP:Â45): 1750, Baltic Sea Arctica islandica (MLSP:B50 years, own observations and Brey et al [21]) 250 nmol/g WM, and thus the concentration of the glutathione redox buffer does not appear extraordinarily high in Icelandic A. islandica: 300Á 750 nmol/g WM. Thus overall antioxidant capacity itself certainly supports retarded senescence in the Icelandic quahog, but might not exclusively account for the extraordinary lifespan.…”

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Imperceptible senescence: Ageing in the ocean quahogArctica islandica

Abele

Strahl

Brey

et al. 2008

Free Radical Research

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Imperceptible senescence: Ageing in the ocean quahogArctica islandica

Abele

Strahl

Brey

et al. 2008

Free Radical Research

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“…Teleost predators of ocean quahogs include longhorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus, ocean pout, Macrozoarces americanus (Packer and Langton, in prep. ), haddock (Clarke 1954), and cod (Clarke 1954;Brey et al 1990). Medcof and Caddy (1971) noted many predators feeding on quahogs damaged by a dredge.…”

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“…Adult ocean quahogs are usually found in dense beds over level bottoms, just below the surface of the sediment which ranges from medium to fine grain sand (Medcof and Caddy 1971;Beal and Kraus 1989;Brey et al 1990;Fogarty 1981;MAFMC 1997).…”

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Daily Growth Rates in Shells of Arctica islandica: Assessing Sub-seasonal Environmental Controls on a Long-lived Bivalve Mollusk

Schöne

Houk

Castro

et al. 2005

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“…In Kiel Bay, A. islandica is the most important species of the benthic community with regard to biomass as well as production (Brey et al, 1990), and constitutes an important part of the diet of the commercially important fish cod (Gadus morhua) (Arntz, 1973(Arntz, , 1977(Arntz, , 1980Arntz & Weber, 1970;Brey et al, 1990). In North America, A. islandica is becoming commercially important for human consumption as a replacement for the dwindling stocks of the surf clam, Spisula solidissima (Thompson et al, 1980b;Murawski et al, 1982;Steimle et al, 1986).…”

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“…The largest clam of this species ever recorded from the Baltic measured 74 mm with an estimated age of nearly 23 years (Brey et al, 1990), while individuals of the Atlantic may reach an age of >100 years and a length of >100 mm (Thompson et al, 1980a;Murawski et al, 1982). Arctica islandica is sedentary (Theede et aL, 1969;Thompson et al, 1980a), resistant to oxygen deficiency and hydrogen sulphide (Theede et al, 1969;Dries & Theede, 1974) and inhabits the silty sands that frequently contain higher levels of contaminants than coarser sands.…”

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Levels of trace metals and effect of body size on metal content and concentration in Arctica islandica L. (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from Kiel Bay, Western Baltic

Swaileh¹,

Adelung²

1994

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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The levels of four trace metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) in the whole soft body and in different organs of the ocean quahog Arctica islandica were evaluated from four stations in Kiel Bay, Western Baltic. The relationships between the contents and concentrations of these metals and body size (weight and length) were also investigated. Double logarithmic plots of metal contents and concentrations against dry body weight and shell length, respectively, show straight-line relationships. The results indicate that smaller individuals have higher concentrations of Cu and Zn, two essential metals, while larger individuals have higher concentrations of Cd and Pb, two non-essential metals. The calculated regression slopes of metal content against dry-body weight revealed that Cd and Cu appear to be affected by maturation since two different slopes are observed for both metals before and after maturation. This was not obvious for Pb and Zn. Pooled slopes of metal content against dry-body weight for all animal sizes indicated that Cu and Zn have a one common slope of (0.82) and Cd and Pb another common one of (1.51). Plots of metal concentrations against shell length indicated also that Cu and Zn have one common slope of (--0.54) and Cd and Pb another one of (1.56). Moreover, it was possible to calculate one final slope of (1.53) for Cd and Pb from both content/weight and concentration/length plots. This indicates that A. islandica may have one metabolic strategy for the essential metals and another for the non-essential metals.

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Arctica (Cyprina) islandica in Kiel Bay (Western Baltic): growth, production and ecological significance

Cited by 64 publications

References 16 publications

Imperceptible senescence: Ageing in the ocean quahogArctica islandica

Imperceptible senescence: Ageing in the ocean quahogArctica islandica

Daily Growth Rates in Shells of Arctica islandica: Assessing Sub-seasonal Environmental Controls on a Long-lived Bivalve Mollusk

Levels of trace metals and effect of body size on metal content and concentration in Arctica islandica L. (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from Kiel Bay, Western Baltic

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