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The Population Biology of the Antarctic Scallop, Adamussium colbecki (Smith 1902) at New Harbor, Ross Sea

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Antarctic Ecosystems

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The unexploited Antarctic scallop, Adamussium colbecki, has a circumpolar distribution across the continental shelf from 0 to nearly 1 500 m. During the 1986 austral summer A. colbecki was sampled with SCUBA to a depth of 30 m at New Harbor, in the southwestern Ross Sea. Quadrat collections revealed nearshore scallop densities up to 65 m−2 with biomasses approaching 2 kg m−2. Mark and recapture experiments showed that A. colbecki grew an order of magnitude more slowly than temperate scallop species and analyses of shell growth bands indicated that it may live up to 20 years. Size frequency comparisons with earlier studies in the same area suggested that this scallop population has intermittent recruitment and is quite stable. Estimates of yield per recruit indicate that relatively low levels of fishing pressure could cause the New Harbor scallop population to collapse.

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    Present address: Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA

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    K. R. Kerry

  2. Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Columbusstraße, 2850, Bremerhaven, Germany

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Berkman, P.A. (1990). The Population Biology of the Antarctic Scallop, Adamussium colbecki (Smith 1902) at New Harbor, Ross Sea. In: Kerry, K.R., Hempel, G. (eds) Antarctic Ecosystems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84074-6_32

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