Abstract
Interdependence of parameters of shell growth in length and height during ontogeny has been studied in the freshwater pearl mussel M. margaritifera. It has been shown that the results of determining the height-to-length ratio depend on at least two factors: shell corrosion in the apical (umbo) zone and regular, rhythmic deviation of this ratio from values expected from linear regression equation. The first factor may be taken into account by applying an individual correction for each specimen, thereby making the ratio of linear dimensions independent of mussel age and size. The calculation error caused by biological rhythms may be reduced by measuring the greatest possible number of annual rings (≥18). Factors accounting for alternation between periods of prevalent shell growth in length or in height are discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Alimov, A.F., Funktsional’naya ekologiya presnovodnykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov (Functional Ecology of Freshwater Bivalves), Leningrad: Nauka, 1981.
Bauer, G., Die bionomische strategie der flußperlmuschel, Biol. Unzerer Zeit, 1989, vol. 19, pp. 69–75.
Bogatov, V.V., Prozorova, L.A., and Starobogatov, Y.I., The family Margaritiferidae (Mollusca; Bivalvia) in Russia, Ruthenica, 2003, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 41–52.
Bolotov, I.N., Makhrov, A.A., Bespalaya, Yu.V., et al., Results of testing the comparatory method: the curvature of the shell valve frontal section is inappropriate as a systematic character for the freshwater pearl mussel of the genus Margaritifera, Biol. Bull. (Moscow), 2013, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 221–232.
Geist, J., Söberberg, H., Karlberg, A., et al., Drainage-independent genetic structure and high genetic diversity of endangered freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) in northern Europe, Conserv. Genet., 2010, vol. 11, pp. 1339–1350.
Helama, S. and Valovirta, I., Ontogenetic morphometrics of individual freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera (L.)) reconstructed from geometric conchology and trigonometric sclerochronology, Hydrobiologia, 2008, vol. 610, pp. 43–53.
Ivanter, E.V. and Korosov, A.V., Elementarnaya biometriya: uchebnoe posobie (Elementary Biometrics: A Tutorial), Petrozavodsk: Petrozavodsk. Gos. Univ., 2010.
Kleimenov, S.Yu. and Zotin, A.A., Rhythms of growth and energy metabolism in post-larval ontogeny of Lymnaea stagnalis (Gastropoda, Lymnaeidae), in Mater. nauch. konf., posvyashchennoi 70-letiyu Belomorskoi biol. stantsii MGU: Sb. statei. (Proc. Sci. Conf. Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the White Sea Biological Station, Moscow State University), Moscow: Grief i K, 2008, pp. 164–165.
Klishko, O.K., Pearl mussels of the genus Dahurinaia (Bivalvia, Margaritiferidae): Differently sized groups of Margaritifera dahurica Middendorff, 1850, Biol. Bull. (Moscow), 2014, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 434–443.
Mina, M.V. and Klevezal, G.A., Rost zhivotnykh (Animal Growth), Moscow: Nauka, 1976.
Naumov, A.D., Dvustvorchatye mollyuski Belogo morya. Opyt ekologo-faunisticheskogo analiza (Bivalves of the White Sea. Experience in Ecofaunistic Analysis), St. Petersburg: Zool. Inst. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 2006.
Naumov, A.D. and Fedyakov, V.V., Application of regression analysis in the taxonomy of bivalves, Tr. Biol. Nauchno-Issled. Inst., 1985, no. 37, pp. 99–110.
Needham, A.E., The Growth Process in Animals, London: Pitman, 1964.
Sergeeva, I.S., Bolotov, I.N., Bespalaya, I.V., et al., Freshwater pearl mussels of the genus Margaritifera (Mollusca: Bivalvia) described as M. elongate (Lamarck, 1819) and M. borealis (Westerlund, 1871) should be classified with M. margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758), Biol. Bull. (Moscow), 2008, vol 35, no. 1, pp. 102–107.
Sipachev, S.G., Ritmichnost’ rosta zhivotnykh (Rhythmicity of Animal Growth), Tyumen: Tyumen. Gos. Ped. Inst., 1970.
Zotin, A.I., Termodinamicheskaya osnova reaktsii organizmov na vneshnie i vnutrennie faktory (Thermodynamic Basis of the Response of Organisms to External and Internal Factors), Moscow: Nauka, 1988.
Zotin, A.A., Statistical estimation of allometric coefficients, Biol. Bull. (Moscow), 2000, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 431–437.
Zotin, A.A., Patterns of growth and energy metabolism in the ontogeny of mollusks, Extended Abstract of Doctoral (Biol.) Dissertation, Moscow: Inst. Dev. Biol. Ross. Akad. Sci., 2009.
Zotin, A.A., The necessity of taking into account the degree of shell corrosion in morphometric studies of bivalves, in Dreissenidy: evolyutsiya, sistematika, ekologiya: Lektsii i materialy dokl. II Mezhdunar. shk.-konf. (Dreissenidae: Evolution, Systematics, and Ecology. Lectures and Proceedings of II Int. School-Conference), Yaroslavl: Kantsler, 2013, pp. 60–62.
Zotin, A.A., Assessment of environmental sustainability by individual growth biorhythms, in Bioraznoobrazie I ustoichivost’ zhivykh sistem: Mater. XIII Mezhdunar. nauch.-prakt. ekol. konf. (Biodiversity and Sustainability of Living Systems: Proc. XIII Int. Sci.-Pract. Ecol. Conf.), Belgorod: ID Belgorod, 2014a, pp. 164–165.
Zotin, A.A., Why linear thermodynamics does describe change of entropy production in living systems?, Nat. Sci., 2014b, vol. 6, pp. 495–502.
Zotin, A.A. and Kirik, E.F., Endogenous rhythms of the energy metabolism rate in two species of freshwater gastropods (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) as a possible mechanism of ontogenetic adaptation, in Tez. dokl. nauch.-prakt. konf. “Adaptatsionnye strategii zhivykh sistem” (Abstr. Sci.-Pract. Conf. “Adaptation Strategies of Living Systems”), Kiev: V.S. Martynyuk, 2012, pp. 43–44.
Zotin, A.A. and Kleimenov, S.Yu., Endogenous rhythms of the specific growth rate of Lymnaea stagnalis (Gastropoda, Lymnaeidae) as a possible mechanism of ontogenetic adaptation of aquatic organisms, in Mater. Vseros. konf. s mezhdunarodnym uchastiem “Fiziologicheskie, biokhimicheskie i molekulyarno-geneticheskie mekhanizmy adaptatsii gidrobiontov” (Proc. Conf. with International Participation “Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Genetic Mechanisms of Adaptation of Aquatic Organisms”), Borok: Borok, 2012, pp. 154–156.
Zotin, A.A. and Kleimenov, S.Yu., Endogenous biorhythms of the specific growth rate in individual development of Lymnaea stagnalis (Lymnaeidae, Gastropoda), Biol. Bull. (Moscow), 2013, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 1–10.
Zyuganov, V.V. and Zotin, A.A., Pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758), in Krasnaya Kniga Rossiiskoi Federatsii (zhivotnye) (Red Data Book of the Russian Federation: Animals), Balashikha: Astrel’, 2001, pp. 61–62.
Zyuganov, V.V., Zotin, A.A., and Tret’yakov, V.A., Zhemchuzhnitsy i ikh svyaz’ s lososevymi rybami (Pearl Mussels and Their Relationships with Salmonids), Moscow: TsNIITEIlegprom, 1993.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Original Russian Text © A.A. Zotin, 2015, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2015, No. 3, pp. 285–292.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Zotin, A.A. Specific features of linear growth influencing morphometric parameters of the shell in Margaritifera margaritifera (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae). Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 42, 232–238 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359015030164
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359015030164