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Density-dependent growth in cockles (Cerastoderma edule): evidence from interannual comparisons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

K. Thomas Jensen
K. Thomas Jensen
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Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Building 540, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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To examine density-dependent effects on growth in Cerastoderma edule (L.) (Bivalvia), growth rates of individual cockles established by chance at high and low densities on the same intertidal mudflat in two different years (1984 and 1989) were compared. Two-year-old cockles occurring at high densities (>2000 individuals m-2 in 1984) attained mean lengths from 16.1 to 18.8 mm on the lower shore at the end of their third growing season, while low-density cockles (<50 individuals m-2 in 1989) of the same age reached mean lengths in the range of26.5 to 30.3mm. In terms of individual weight the difference between cockles from the two periods was even more striking, as the flesh ash-free dry-weight of a cockle from 1984 constituted only 7% of that from a 1989 cockle. During both periods growth in cockles increased with the duration of tidal submersion, but the interannual growth differences exceeded by far the effect of differences in submersion time.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 73 , Issue 2 , May 1993 , pp. 333 - 342
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1993

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