| Abstract: | Several physiological responses have been used to evaluate the effects of contaminants on marine bivalves. Respiration rate, food clearance rate, ammonia excretion rate, and food assimilation efficiency can be quantified and incorporated into a bioenergetics model known as scope for growth. This model estimates an organism‘s instantaneous energy budget and quantifies the available energy for growth and reproduction. We applied some of these physiological techniques to freshwater mussels to determine the sublethal effects of cadmium. The objective of our study was to quantify the physiological responses of adult pocketbook mussels, Lampsilis ventricosa , exposed to sublethal concentrations of cadmium. We selected L. ventricosa for study because it is abundant in the upper Mississippi River and its life history has been partially documented. |
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| ProdID: | 1003141 |
| Citation Author: | Naimo, T. J.; Atchison, G. J.; Holland Bartels, L. E. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 9 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | pp. 1013-1021 |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Sublethal effects of cadmium on physiological responses in the pocketbook mussel, Lampsilis ventricosa; 1992; Article; Journal; Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Naimo, T. J.; Atchison, G. J.; Holland Bartels, L. E. |
| Citation Start Page: | 1013 |
| Citation Volume: | 11 |
| Citation Year: | 1992 |
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| Text: | Sublethal effects of cadmium on physiological responses in the pocketbook mussel, Lampsilis ventricosa; 1992; Article; Journal; Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Naimo, T. J.; Atchison, G. J.; Holland Bartels, L. E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 1992 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
