Browse > Article

Age and Growth of the Hard Clam, Meretrix lusoria (Bivalvia: Veneridae) on the West Coast of Korea  

Ryu, Dong-Ki (School of Marine Life Science, Kunsan National University)
Chung, Ee-Yung (School of Marine Life Science, Kunsan National University)
Kim, Yong-Min (Byeonsanbando National Park, Korea National Park Service)
Publication Information
The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY / v.11, no.4, 2006 , pp. 116-121 More about this Journal
Abstract
Samples of Meretrix lusoria were collected monthly from the tidal flat of Simpo, Puan-gun, Chollabuk-do, west coast of Korea from April 2004 to March 2005. Age of M. lusoria was determined from the rings on the shell. The relationship between shell length and ring radius in each ring group was expressed as a regression line. Therefore, there is a correspondence in each ring formation. Based on the monthly variations in the marginal index (MI') of the shell, it is assumed that the ring of this species was formed once a year during the period of February to April. The relationship between shell length (SL) and shell height (SH; mm) was highly correlated with shell height as the following equation: SH = 0.8103 SL + 0.5145 $(r^2=0.991)$. The shell length (SL) - shell width (SW) relation was also expressed by the following equation: SW = 0.4897 SL + 0.0315 $(r^2=0.976)$. Shell length (SL; mm) and total weight (TW; g) was expressed by the following equation: $TW=2.9195\times10^{-4}\;SL^{2.9547}\;(R^2=0.991)$. Shell length (SL) and shell height (SH; mm) was highly correlated with shell height as the following equation: $SH=0.8103\;SL+0.5145\;(R^2=0.991)$ The shell length (SL) - shell width (SW) relation was also expressed by the following equation: $SW=0.4897\;SL+0.0315\;(R^2=0.976)$. Growth curves for shell length and total weight fitted to the von Bertalanffy's growth curve were expressed respectively as: $SL_t=104.9[l-e^{-0.2235(t+0.7677)}],\;TW_t=280.8[l-e^{-0.2235(t+0.7677)}]^{2.9547}$.
Keywords
Hard clam; Meretrix lusoria; Age and Growth; von Bertalanffy's growth curve;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Hanaoka, T. and T. Shirnadzu, 1949. Studies on the morphometry and rate of growth in clam, Mactra sulcataria Reeve. Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish., 15: 311-317   DOI
2 Kim, H.J. and C.I. Zhang. 1999. A population ecological study of short-necked calm, Tapes philippinarum in the adjacent waters of Jinhae. J. Korean Fish. Soc., 2: 32-43. [in Korean]
3 Ryu, D.K., 1991. Study on the growth of Tapes phllippinarum (Adam et Reeve). Bull. Kunsan Fish. Junior Col., 25: 25-31. [in Korean]
4 Zhang, C.I., M.W Lee and S.K. Yoon. 1999. Estimation of population ecological characteristics of sunset shell, Nuttallia olivacea in Dadaepo shore. J. Korean Fish. Soc., 2: 24-31. [in Korean]
5 Lee, J.H., 1997. Histological studies on the gametogenesis and reproductive cycle of the hard clam, Meretrix lusoria. Korean J. Malacol., 13: 131-141
6 Kim, Y., M.S. Park and S.D. Lee, 1985. Occurrence and growth of pen shell, Atrina pectinata (Reeve) larvae in Yeoja Bay. Bull. Nat'l Fish. Res. Dev. Agency, 34: 165-170. [in Korean]
7 Kim, Y.H. and D.K. Ryu., 1991. Study on the growth of Mactra veneriformis (Reeve). Bull. Kunsan Fish. Junior Col., 25: 41-47. [in Korean]
8 Ryu, D.K. and Y.H. Kim, 1997. Studies on the population dynamics of surf clam, Mactra veneriformis Reeve (Bivalvia) on the coast ofKunsan, Korea. I. Growth. Korean J. Malacol., 13: 185-192
9 Bertalanfly, L. von, 1938. A quantitative theory of organic growth (Inquirie's on growth laws. 11). Human Biol., 10: 181-213
10 Walford, L.A. 1946. A new graphic method of describing the growth of animals. Biol. Bull., 90: 141-147   DOI
11 해양수산부, 2000. 해양수산통계연보. 대종인쇄사, 1190pp
12 Ryu, D.K. and Y.H. Kim, 2001. Management of hen clam, Mactra chinensis Philippi, on the coast of Kunsan. I. Age and growth. Kor. J. Malacol. 17: 13-18. [in Korean]
13 Jo, H.S., Y.C. Park, W.S. Yang, O.I. Choi and B.Y. Cha, 2001. Age and growth of scallop, Chlamys farreri from the coastal water of Daehuksan island. Bull. Nat'l. Fish. Res. Dev. Ins. Korea, 59: 29-34. [in Korean]
14 Kang, Y.J. and C.K. Kim, 1983. Studies on the structure and production processes of biotic communities in the coastal shallow waters of Korea. 3. Age and growth of Spisula sachalinensis from the eastern waters of Korea. Bull. Korea Fish. Soc., 16: 82-87. [in Korean]   과학기술학회마을
15 Kim, J.H., J.S. Kim, Y.H. Kim, E.Y. Chung and D.K. Ryu, 2003. Age and growth of the Jedo Venus clam, Protothaca jedoensis on the West Coast of Korea. Kor. J. Malacol., 19: 125-132
16 Kim, B.A., B.K. Kim and S.U. Kim, 1977. Studies on the growth of hard clam, Meretrix lusoria (RODING). Bull. Fish. Res. Dev. Agency, 17: 77-85
17 Kim, Y.H., D.K. Ryu, D.S. Chang,J.B. Kim and S.T. Kim, 2003. Age and growth ofPurpulish Washington Clam (Saxidomus purpuratus) in Jinhae Bay, Korea. J. Kor. Fish. Soc., 36: 495-499
18 Sakurai, I. 1993. Age and growth of the sunary surf clam Mactra chinensis in Tomakomai, southwest Hokkaido. Bull. Japanese Fish. Sci., 59: 469-472. (in Japanese]   DOI   ScienceOn