Lunar periodicity in growth increment formation in otoliths of hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha, Clupeidae) in Bangladesh waters

2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 342-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Rahman ◽  
I.G. Cowx
Keyword(s):  
Growth Increment ◽  
Lunar Periodicity ◽  
Increment Formation ◽  
Tenualosa Ilisha

Annual cycle of shell growth increment formation in two continental shelf bivalves and its paleoecologic significance

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas S. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Annual Cycle ◽  
Shell Growth ◽  
Growth Increment ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Growth Line ◽  
Arctica Islandica ◽  
Growth Increments ◽  
Increment Formation

The bivalvesSpisula solidissima, the Atlantic surf clam, andArctica islandica, the ocean quahog, from the continental shelf off New Jersey, contain repeating structures in their shells. By analyzing the growing shell margins in living specimens at bi-weekly (or sometimes monthly) intervals throughout two consecutive years, it was possible to define an annual cycle of shell growth increment formation in both species. The shell increments in each species are microstructurally distinct units that form over a period of several months at select seasons of the year. Each species has two alternating shell growth increments, GI I and GI II. GI I (the annual growth line of previous studies) is formed annually in the late summer-fall inS. solidissimaand in the fall-early winter inA. islandica.These periods correspond to the spawning phase of the reproductive cycle in both species. No winter rings were found. The annual increments were used to determine age and growth rate in both Recent and Pleistocene specimens. They may also be useful in determining season of death. Because shell growth increments are formed in synchrony among living populations in these species, mass mortalities may be distinguished in the fossil record. Accurate age and growth rate determinations in fossils are important in many paleobiologic contexts, such as deciding between increased longevity or growth rate in cases of phyletic size increase.

ANNUAL SHELL GROWTH INCREMENT FORMATION IN THE DEEP WATER PATAGONIAN SCALLOP ZAGOCHLAMYS PATAGONICA

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1055-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
BETINA J LOMOVASKY ◽  
THOMAS BREY ◽  
ANA BALDONI ◽  
MARIO LASTA ◽  
ANDREAS MACKENSEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Shell Growth ◽  
Growth Increment ◽  
Increment Formation
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