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The growth and energy metabolism of Lymnaea stagnalis (Lymnaeidae, Gastropoda): I. Early postlarval period

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The growth and the oxygen consumption rate of Lymnaea stagnalis were studied during the first ten weeks after hatching. It is shown that these processes are atypical during early ontogenesis in comparison with adult mollusks. The obtained data on linear (height of shell) and weight growth can be equally well approximated with the von Bertalanffy equation or exponential and power equations. Both linear and weight growth are characterized by an approximately constant specific rate associated with synchronous oscillations of a week period. The oscillations were observed also for the oxygen consumption rate, but of another period (about 2.6 weeks). On average the metabolic rate after the initial triple increase during the first three days remains stable. The power coefficient of the allometric dependence of the total weight on the shell height is significantly less than that of the adult.

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Zotin, 2009, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2009, No. 5, pp. 543–552.

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Zotin, A.A. The growth and energy metabolism of Lymnaea stagnalis (Lymnaeidae, Gastropoda): I. Early postlarval period. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 36, 455–463 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359009050057

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