Oxygen Consumption and Pumping Rates in the Hard Clam Mercenaria mercenaria : A Direct Method
- 21 February 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 163 (3869), 823-824
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.163.3869.823
Abstract
Respiratory and pumping rates in the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria were measured directly in running seawater; the quiatntity of oxygen used was calculated from the difference in concentrations in incurrent and excurrent water. A linear relationship between pumping and respiratory rates suggests regulation of water transport by, oxygen requirement rather than by feeding.Keywords
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