Size and Age Characteristics and Phenotypic Peculiarities of Somatic Growth of the Black Sea Mollusk Flexopecten glaber ponticus (Bivalvia, Pectinidae)

• Published in: Biology bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vol. 47; no. 8; pp. 920 - 929
• Main Authors: Shcherban, S. A., Melnik, A. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.12.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Allometry; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cell Biology; Color; Ecology; Life Sciences; Mollusks; Phenotypes; Protein biosynthesis; Protein synthesis; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; Zoology; Black Sea; Crimea; total wet mass; RNA/DNA index; total RNA; phenotypic groups; protein synthesis; growth rate; bivalve mollusks

This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the morphological, physiological, and biochemical parameters of somatic growth in the Black Sea scallop, Flexopecten glaber ponticus Bucguoy, Dautzenberg et Dollfus 1889, from a coastal site near Sevastopol, Crimea. The species is one of the few marine B...