Growth Lines in Invertebrate Skeletons

Clark, George R.

doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.02.050174.000453

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“…This confirms the tidal regime as the main environmental factor dictating the shell growth in intertidal habitats (Schöne 2008). As shell growth of bivalves is limited to high tides (Evans 1972;Goodwin et al 2001), during aerial exposure at low tide, the animals are forced to keep their valves tightly closed, and retract the mantle into the shell (Clark 1974), leading to shell growth cessation and the formation of a growth line.…”

Section: Tidal Rhythm Of Internal Increments Formationsupporting

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Calcein and manganese experiments for marking the shell of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule): tidal rhythm validation of increments formation

Mahé

Bellamy

Lartaud

et al. 2010

Aquat. Living Resour.

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-This work focuses on investigating the potential of calcein and manganese as growth markers of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the bay of Somme (France). Recapture of shells, previously marked using a chemical marking and then bred in natural conditions, was performed in order to determine the shell growth patterns. Calcein marking has shown a fluorescent increment in shells after only 30 min immersion time at 150 mg L −1 , but also for shells immersed 3 h at 50 mg L −1 . Likewise, manganese shell marking was revealed under cathodoluminescence for shells immersed 1 h at 120 mg L −1 as well as for shells which spent 4 h at 90 mg L −1 . A numerical analysis performed on each marked cockles has revealed 23 micro-increments between the mark and the ventral edge of the valves, corresponding to the 23 tides that occurred during the 12 days at liberty post marking. The periodicity of increment formation is thus validated for a tidal frequency. The growth rates of C. edule, ranged from 11.67 to 19.94 μm d −1 , decreased significantly with increasing shell length. This preliminary study gives a clue to the understanding of cockle growth and could be used in shellfish production for cockle age monitoring, but also for chemical analysis to learn more about biomineralization process of this species.

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Section: Tidal Rhythm Of Internal Increments Formationsupporting

confidence: 56%

Calcein and manganese experiments for marking the shell of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule): tidal rhythm validation of increments formation

Mahé

Bellamy

Lartaud

et al. 2010

Aquat. Living Resour.

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“…In Kiel Bay, bottom water temperatures show a dic- tinct seasonality at 20 m depth with maximum temperatures of about 14 "C in September decreasing to about l "C in March (Rumohr 1979). Low winter temperatures are an important periodical factor in slowing down growth (Craig & Hallam 1963, Clark 1974. Food supply too, has annual seasonality: it is high from April (settlement of the spring phytoplankton bloom) to the end of October (autumn blooms), and low in winter.…”

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Shell growth of Astarte elliptica (Bivalvia) from Kiel Bay (Western Baltic Sea)

Trutschler¹,

Samtleben²

1988

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Information on growth and age of Astarte elhptica (Brown, 1827), a common bivalve in muddy sand sediments in Kiel Bay below 15 m water depth, is scattered and inconclusive. Unchanged size-frequency distributions from October 1984 to September 1985 at the 'Siiderfahrt' sampling station, 21 m water depth, suggest very slow growth. There was no linear correlation between the distinct concentric external shell ridges and internal shell growth bands. Internal growth bands were counted from acetate peels of sections of the tooth region examined by scanning electron microscopy. Evidence for an annual periodicity of growth band formation is discussed. A life span of about 20 yr is deduced for A. elhptica in l e l Bay.

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“…This species of surf clam lives <10 m below sea level along the Peruvian and Chilean coasts (Tarifeño-Silva 1980) and has been harvested in the surf zone for food by humans for thousands of years (Sandweiss et al 1998). Clams precipitate shell aragonite in equilibrium with seawater (Mook and Vogel 1968), forming sequential growth bands that record environmental conditions and periodicity (Clark 1974), including marine 14 C content (Taylor and Berger 1967).…”

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Centuries of Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Age Variation Within Archaeological Mesodesma Donacium Shells from Southern Peru

Jones

Hodgins²,

Etayo-Cadavid

et al. 2010

Radiocarbon

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ABSTRACT. Mollusk shells provide brief (<5 yr per shell) records of past marine conditions, including marine radiocarbon reservoir age (R) and upwelling. We report 21 14 C ages and R calculations on small (~2 mg) samples from 2 Mesodesma donacium (surf clam) shells. These shells were excavated from a semi-subterranean house floor stratum 14 C dated to 7625 ± 35 BP at site QJ-280, Quebrada Jaguay, southern Peru. The ranges in marine 14 C ages (and thus R) from the 2 shells are 530 and 170 14 C yr; R from individual aragonite samples spans 130 ± 60 to 730 ± 170 14 C yr. This intrashell 14 C variability suggests that 14 C dating of small (time-slice much less than 1 yr) marine samples from a variable-R (i.e. variable-upwelling) environment may introduce centuries of chronometric uncertainty.

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Growth Lines in Invertebrate Skeletons

Cited by 123 publications

References 28 publications

Calcein and manganese experiments for marking the shell of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule): tidal rhythm validation of increments formation

Calcein and manganese experiments for marking the shell of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule): tidal rhythm validation of increments formation

Shell growth of Astarte elliptica (Bivalvia) from Kiel Bay (Western Baltic Sea)

Centuries of Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Age Variation Within Archaeological Mesodesma Donacium Shells from Southern Peru

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