Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology)
Online ISSN : 2432-9967
Print ISSN : 0042-3580
ISSN-L : 0042-3580
On Several Fundamental Allometries of the Mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis
Akimichi HOSOMI
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1985 Volume 44 Issue 3 Pages 172-182

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Several fundamental allometries based on shell length on the mussel, Mytilus galloprovincials are reported. Between either two of parameters, such as shell length (L in mm), height (H in mm), breadth (B in mm), live weight (W in mg), dry fresh weight (W_d in mg), weight of shell (W_s in mg) and volume (V in mm^3), the following relationship exist : log H=0.9281 log L-0.1487, log B=1.044 log L-0.7700 (L≩10mm), log B=0.9207 log L-0.3467 (L≨10mm), log W=2.66 log L-0.5361 (L≩15mm), log W=3.27 log L-1.228 (L≨15mm), log W_d=2.08 log L-0.9031 (L≩15mm), log W_d=3.11 log L-2.1068 (L≨15mm), log W_s=3.00 log L-1.4685, log V=3.00 log L-1.070 (L≩20mm), and log V=2.50 log L-0.426 (L≨20mm).

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