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Shell microstructure and color changes in stressed Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae)
| Title: | Shell microstructure and color changes in stressed Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae). |
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| Name(s): |
Prezant, R. S. Tiu, Antonieto Tan Chalermwat, K. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1988 | |
| Publisher: | California Malacozoological Society. | |
| Place of Publication: | Berkeley, CA | |
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| Extent: | 9 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007126 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
Specimens of Corbicula fluminea from Mississippi show altered internal shell color and microstructure when maintained under stressful conditions. Clams under laboratory conditions that "threaten" life-sustaining functions, as well as field collections of moribund animals, show conversion of typically purple highlighted internal shell to pure white, and conversion of a surficial complex crossed-lamellar microstructure to a form reminiscent of complex crossed-acicular. These changes possibly result from a shift in metabolic activities away from energy expenditures normally allocated to shell production and towards life-sustaining functions. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 664 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Prezant, R. S., Tiu, A. T., Chalermwat, K. (1988). Shell microstructure and color changes in stressed Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae). The Veliger, 31(3/4), 236-243. |
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| Subject(s): |
Bivalves Corbiculidae Corbicula fluminea Shells Microstructure Color |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007126 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
