Status and Strategy for Asiatic Clam Management

Pilot Transplant Studies with the Introduced Asiatic Clam, Corbicula Fluminea, to Measure Methyl Mercury Accumulation in the Foodweb of the Sacramento-san Joaquin Delta Estuary

Restoration of Razor Clam (Siliqua patula) Populations In Southeastern Prince William Sound, Alaska: Integrating Science, Management & Traditional Knowledge in the Development of a Restoration Strategy Final Report to: Partners for Fish Wildlife Coastal Program

Effects of Salinity, Temperature and Food Type on the Uptake and Elimination Rates of Cd, Cr, and Zn in the Asiatic Clam Corbicula fluminea

− Laboratory radiotracer experiments were conducted to determine assimilation efficiencies (AE) from ingested algal food and oxic sediment particles, uptake rates from the dissolved phase, and the efflux rates of Cd, Cr and Zn in the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea. Among three elements, AE from both algal and sediment food was greatest for Cd, followed by Zn and Cr. The AEs of tested elements ...

How water oxygenation level influences cadmium accumulation pattern in the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea: a laboratory and field study.

The level of O2 in water is highly variable in the aquatic environment and is a major ventilatory drive in all animals breathing water. Low O2 partial pressure (PO2) strongly stimulates ventilatory activity compared to air-equilibrated or O2-enriched water. We studied the influence of ventilatory activity on the bioaccumulation rate of Cd in the freshwater Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea for PO...

Flotation of the Bivalve Corbicula fluminea as a Means of Dispersal.

Small specimens of the Asiatic bivalve Corbicula c.f. fluminea (Müller) secrete long mucous threads through their exhalent siphons that act as draglines to buoy the animal into a water column. These mucous strands, secreted in response to water current stimuli, are produced by dense accumulations of ctenidial mucocytes and may help in the downstream or interstream dispersal of this rapidly spre...