Relationship between energy allocation and gametogenesis in Aulacomya atra (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in a sub-Antarctic environment

• Published in: Revista de biología marina y oceanografía
• Main Authors: Pérez, Analía Fernanda, Boy, Claudia Clementina, Curelovich, Jessica Natalia, Pérez Barros, Patricia, Calcagno, Javier Ángel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales
• Subjects: Energetics; Calorimetry; Bivalve; Reproduction; Aulacomya atra; Beagle Channel; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Invierno; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/23856

Gametogenesis and temporal variation in energy allocation to different organs were analyzed in Aulacomya atra from the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina). Our results show that A. atra presents an extended spawning period from late winter to spring when the lowest value of mantle-gonad ind...