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Suspension feeding and growth of ark shell Anadara granosa: comparison with ubiquitous species Scapharca subcrenata

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The ark shell Anadara granosa is a species peculiar to the Ariake Sound. To determine why distribution of A. granosa in Japan is largely confined to this area, we examined feeding and growth of A. granosa as functions of environmental and biological variables. The results were compared with those of another ark shell Scapharca subcrenata, which is ubiquitous in Japan. Feeding experiments indicated that A. granosa is eurythermal and euryhaline, as is S. subcrenata, but is adapted to temperature slightly higher than S. subcrenata. Weight-specific clearance rate (CR) of A. granosa as a function of soft-body dry-weight (w) followed the power function of w (CR=2.7×w −0.37), with coefficient and exponent very close to those for S. subcrenata. Growth rate of A. granosa increased linearly with daily ration, similar to S. subcrenata. Thus, feeding and growth characteristics of A. granosa were comparable to those of S. subcrenata and no ‘peculiarities’ of the former were detected. Therefore, the factors that make A. granosa a species restricted to the sound are probably not directly related to feeding or growth characteristics.

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    Present address: Miyako Fisheries High School, Sokei, 027-0024, Miyako, Iwate, Japan

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Nakamura, Y., Shinotsuka, Y. Suspension feeding and growth of ark shell Anadara granosa: comparison with ubiquitous species Scapharca subcrenata . Fish Sci 73, 889–896 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01410.x

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