Abstract
Light affects bivalve behavior and gaping activity, but its potential effects on bivalve filtration remain poorly investigated. In this study, clearance rates of two bivalve species: the Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea and the paper pondshell, Utterbackia imbecillis, were assessed in light (6.5 ± 0.5 µmol m−2 s−1) and dark (0.0 µmol m−2 s−1) conditions. We found that clearance rates remained similar between C. fluminea (50 ± 18 mL g−1 h−1) and U. imbecillis (41 ± 10 mL g−1 h−1) during light conditions. However, C. fluminea (110 ± 15 mL g−1 h−1) filtered significantly faster than U. imbecillis (24 ± 6 mL g−1 h−1) in the dark condition (p < 0.05). The results indicated that light might affect the filtration activity in freshwater bivalves differently, depending on species.
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This work was funded by the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (ORO-DOE) and URS CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) and is a product of ORNL’s Mercury Remediation Technology Development Program. Special thanks to David Sims, Allison Fortner, Michael Jones, Trent Jett, and Nikki Jones for assistance with field collections of bivalves.
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ADH planned and conducted experiments, supervised by TJM. DH helped provide advice and U. imbecillis. ADH and SP analysed data, conducted statistical analysis, and wrote the paper. DH and TJM helped revise writing.
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Hills, A., Pouil, S., Hua, D. et al. Clearance rates of freshwater bivalves Corbicula fluminea and Utterbackia imbecillis in the presence and absence of light. Aquat Ecol 54, 1059–1066 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-020-09793-7
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