Abstract
Scrobicularia plana (da Costa) is a tellinacean bivalve found abundantly in muddy sand in estuaries and on certain stable temperate zone shores. Development of electronic recording techniques (Trueman, Akberali, 1981) has made possible studies of its behaviour in respect of heart rate, valve movements and ventilatory pumping both in the field and in the laboratory under conditions simulating the natural environment (Earll, 1975; Akberali, 1978). In many bivalves studied, e.g. Mya, Mytilus, Ostrea (Thompson, Bayne, 1972; Walne, 1972), changes in the level of pumping elicit little variation in heart rate but in Scrobicularia the heart rate falls markedly with reduction of water flow. Such increased sensitivity to pumping makes Scrobicularia a particularly suitable subject.
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Trueman, E.R. (1983). Behavioural and Physiological Responses of a Burrowing Bivalve to Stress. In: McLachlan, A., Erasmus, T. (eds) Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2938-3_51
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