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dc.contributor.authorLebata, Junemie Hazel L.
dc.coverage.spatialEstanciaen
dc.coverage.spatialIloiloen
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-18T07:06:25Z
dc.date.available2013-12-18T07:06:25Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.identifier.citationLebata, J. H. L. (2000). Elemental sulfur in the gills of the mangrove mud clam Anodontia edentula (Family Lucinidae). Journal of Shellfish Research, 19(1), 241–245.en
dc.identifier.issn0730-8000
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10862/1857
dc.description.abstractDifferent sizes of the mangrove mud clam Anodontia edentula were collected from the mangroves in Brgy. San Roque in Estancia, Iloilo, central Philippines, and the mantle, gill, and foot tissues were analyzed for elemental sulfur content. Mangrove mud (substrate) was also analyzed for total sulfur content to establish the possibility of clam-bacteria symbiosis in this lucinid clam. Sulfur analysis showed highly significant (p <0.0001) amounts of elemental sulfur in the gills (247.64 ± 63.28 μmoles/g FW) compared with the quantities observed in the mantle (0.84 ± 0.22 μmoles/g FW). Elemental sulfur was absent from the foot tissues. Results also showed a significantly (p <0.05) decreasing elemental sulfur from the newly collected clams (mean = 461.18 μmoles/g FW) compared to those reared in the laboratory (mean = 159.08 μmoles/g FW: with mangrove mud substrate; mean = 45.18 μmoles/g FW without substrate), which were analyzed weekly until week 3, indicating that stored elemental sulfur is being utilized by the bacteria in the absence of sulfide. Total sulfur content of mangrove mud in situ was higher than that used us substrate in the experiment; where there were no significant differences from initial to final readings. This shows that mangrove mud in situ is linked to a steady sulfur source.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNational Shellfisheries Associationen
dc.subjectAnodontia edentulaen
dc.subjectLucinidaeen
dc.subjectPhilippinesen
dc.titleElemental sulfur in the gills of the mangrove mud clam Anodontia edentula (Family Lucinidae)en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.citation.volume19
dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.spage241
dc.citation.epage245
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Shellfish Researchen
dc.subject.asfasulphuren
dc.subject.asfamangrove swampsen
dc.subject.asfamicroorganismsen
dc.subject.asfamuden
dc.subject.asfagillsen
dc.subject.asfabrackishwater molluscsen
dc.subject.asfaBacteriaen
dc.subject.asfasymbiosisen
dc.subject.scientificNameAnodontia edentulaen
local.subjectToothless platter shellen
local.subjectmangrove mud clamen
local.subjectAnodontia edentulaen
local.subjectluciniden
local.subjectgillsen
local.subjectelemental sulfuren
local.subjectmangrove clamen
local.subjectimbaohil


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