Analysis of ontogenetic growth trends in two marine Antarctic bivalves Yoldia eightsi and Laternula elliptica: Implications for sclerochronology
Analysis of ontogenetic growth trends in two marine Antarctic bivalves Yoldia eightsi and Laternula elliptica: Implications for sclerochronology
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两种南极海洋双壳类 Yoldia Augustsi 和 Laternula elliptica 的个体发育生长趋势分析:对硬化年代学的启示
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10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.05.004
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2017
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Román-González A
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Román-González A
There is an increasing use of marine species as palaeoclimate recorders for the marine realm. These archives provide novel baseline records of past oceanographic variability in regions devoid of instrumental observations. Here we report results of a study of the ontogenetic growth pattern of two Antarctic marine bivalve molluscs:Yoldia eightsiandLaternula ellipticafrom West Antarctic Peninsula populations using negative exponential detrending technique and multi-taper method spectral analysis. Our data show that the growth of bothY. eightsiandL. ellipticafollows a general negative exponential trend over their longevity. However, our analyses also identified an innate 9.06 year periodic endogenous growth rhythm in the growth increment pattern ofY. eightsiand two innate periodic growth rhythms, 5 and 6.6 year period, were found inL. elliptica. We hypothesize that theY. eightsiendogenous growth rhythm may be related to the reallocation of energetic resources between somatic growth and gametogenesis although more biological data are required to test this hypothesis. Further work intoL. ellipticabiology is required to understand the possible meaning of the innate growth rhythms found for this species. The identification of growth rhythms is important not only for their biological significance but also in sclerochronological analysis because of their importance in developing palaeoenvironmental reconstructions.