Burial Experiments on Marine Pelecypods from Tomales Bay, California
Maurer DL. 1967. Burial Experiments on Marine Pelecypods from Tomales Bay, California. The Veliger. 9(4):376-381
In order to interpret the pelecypod-sediment relationships and to determine the importance of sediment to mollusks some filtering experiments were performed (MAURER, 1967). Transennella tantilla combined the highest filtering rate with the least apparent difficulty in filtering suspensions of carmine, kaolinite, and india ink particles. Tellina salmonea had the lowest clearing rate and had far less difficulty ingesting arid digesting the suspensions than Tellina buttoni which had a relatively high filtering rate, but commonly became filled with particles from the suspensions. Results of these experiments suggested that sediment may represent a source of food or a certain turbidity regime.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Maurer, D
- Units
- PORE
- Keywords
- benthic ecology, bivalvia, burrowing, Mollusca, Relations, Substrate, Tellina buttoni, Tellina salmonea, Tomales Bay, Transennella tantilla, Tube building