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The Behaviour, Survival and Respiration of the Cockles Cerastoderma Edule and C. Glaucum in Air

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C. R. Boyden
C. R. Boyden
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Department of Zoology and Comparative Physiology, Queen Mary College, London E 1
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Aspects of the physiology of the two cockles Cerastoderma edule (L.) and C. glaucum (Poiret) in air have been investigated. Both cockles exhibit bradycardia during exposure and are similarly tolerant of anoxic conditions, but C. edule survives longer in air than C. glaucum. This is accounted for by the fact that C. edule displays a behaviour pattern of valve movements upon emersion which allows air-breathing. Oxygen uptake rates of this cockle measured in air lie close to the lowest rates recorded in water, and are considered to approximate to a basal or quiescent level. C. glaucum does not air-breathe and is restricted to lowest shore levels. Values for ‘maximal’ levels of oxygen uptake in water have also been obtained together with estimates of metabolic scope for the cockle.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , August 1972 , pp. 661 - 680
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1972

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