Respiration Rate and Species-Specific Lifespan in Freshwater Bivalves of Margaritiferidae and Unionidae Families

Authors: Zotin A.A.; Vladimirova I.G.

Source: Biology Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Volume 28, Number 3, 6 May 2001 , pp. 273-279(7)

Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

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Abstract:

We studied changes in the respiration rate in five species of freshwater bivalves as a function of animal age and size. The species-specific lifespan was calculated on the basis of the obtained data: Rubner's constant (Ru) and lifespan at standard temperature 20°C (T_20). The longest and shortest lifespan among the studied mollusks was specific for the pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera(Ru= 37 kJ and T_20= 36 years) and the freshwater mussel Anodonta anatina(Ru= 8 kJ and T_20= 8 years), respectively.

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Kol'tsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 26, Moscow, 117808 Russia

Publication date: 2001-05-06