Growth in the bivalve Yoldia eightsi at Signy Island, Antarctica, determined from internal shell increments and calcium-45 incorporation

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Nolan, Conor P., Clarke, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 1993
• Subjects: Factory Cove; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517931/; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345669

The growth rate of the infaunal nuculanid bivalve Yoldia eightsi at Factory Cove, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands (maritime Antarctica), was estimated from internal shell increments and 45Ca incorporation of individuals collected monthly from December 1987 to April 1989. Acetate peels of etched s...