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Individual growth and somatic production in Adelomelon brasiliana (Gastropoda; Volutidae) off Argentina

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Growth, age and somatic production of the benthic predator Adelomelon brasiliana were studied at the southern limit of its distribution on the South American Atlantic shelf. Stable oxygen isotope ratios confirmed annual formation of internal shell growth marks. Modal shell length of the population was 140 mm, while modal shell-free wet mass was 255 g. A logistics growth function (SL∞=186.28 mm, K=0.185, t0=4.601) fitted 131 pairs of size-at-age data (25 shells) best. A. brasiliana is a very long-lived species, reaching up to 20 years of age. The maximum individual somatic production of 46 g shell-free wet mass year−1 is attained at 145 mm shell length, which corresponds to about 12 years of age.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the technical staff of the AWI’s x-ray laboratory and isotope laboratory, A. Mackensen and B. Hollmann. Thanks also go to G. Cosulich and G. Silvoni for providing literature and E. Pazgón, J.P. Livore and G. Bigatti for help during sampling. M. Cledón is especially grateful to the DAAD and Fundación Antorchas for providing scholarships, which helped for in finalisation of the present work. Part of this work was financed by the projects PICT 01-10975, UBACyT X316 and PIP 02193.

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  1. Alfred Wegener Institute, Columbusstr., 27568, Bremerhaven, Germany

    M. Cledón, T. Brey & W. Arntz

  2. Lab. 19 Invertebrados I, Depto. Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pab II, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    M. Cledón & P. E. Penchaszadeh

  3. CONICET—Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    P. E. Penchaszadeh

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Cledón, M., Brey, T., Penchaszadeh, P.E. et al. Individual growth and somatic production in Adelomelon brasiliana (Gastropoda; Volutidae) off Argentina. Marine Biology 147, 447–452 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1589-6

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