re: mussels

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Dear Tim,

excellent studies have been made by Terufumi Ohno, who made his PhD in
Bonn, Germany. He worked with Cerastoderma and other species and found even
tidal rhythm etc.. He´s currently teaching at Kyoto University, but I don´t
have his email address. Here two of his papers (may be he has done some
more, but I don´t know):

Ohno, T. 1995. Experimentelle Analysen zur Rhythmik des Schalenwachstums
einiger Bivalven und ihre
      paläobiologische Bedeutung. Paläontographica A 189(1-3), 63-123.
Stuttgart.
Ohno, T. 1989. Palaeotidal Characteristics Determined By Microgrowth
Patterns in Bivalves. Palaeontology 32(2),
      237-263, pls. 31, 32.

Prof. Dr. T. Ohno,
University of Kyoto, Dept. of Geology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto 606-01, JAPAN

I myself have worked (long time ago) on growth of a pectinid bivalve,
Chlamys patagonica and compared shell and ligament incremens and discussed
other modes of measurements:

Waloszek, D. & Waloszek, G. 1986. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen des FFS
"Walther Herwig" nach
     Südamerika. LXV. Vorkommen, Reproduktion, Wachstum und mögliche
Nutzbarkeit von Chlamys patagonica
      (King & Broderip, 1832) auf dem Schelf vor Argentinien.

Hope this is of some use for you, DIETER

Dieter Walossek
Professor Dr.  and Leader of the Section for Biosystematic Documentation
University of Ulm
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 phone ++49 731 4014 150 or 151, FAX  ++49 731 4014 159
email: dieter.walossek@biologie.uni-ulm.de
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