Donax trunculus, the abrupt wedge shell or wedge clam, is a bivalve species in the family. Cuesta, pilar drake, enrique macpherson, louis bernachetz and amandine d. In the southeastern us they are known as coquina, a word that is also used for the hard limestone concretions of their shells and those of other marine organisms. Donax trunculus, the abrupt wedge shell or wedge clam, is a bivalve species in the family donacidae. The two clams donax semistriatus and donax trunculus are edible clams and very popular seafood along the. Tracemetal concentrations cd, cu, fe, mn and zn were investigated in two species of abundant filterfeeding molluscs from mauritania, the wedge shell donax trunculus l. Donax semistriatus, donax trunculus, donacidae, reproduction, egypt. Null alleles have been associated with heterozygous deficits in many. Population dynamics and secondary production of donax.
Null alleles are ubiquitous at microsatellite\ud loci in. The potential use of the bivalve donax trunculus as bio. Pillar, editor of south african journal of marine science. Protein carbonyls are biomarkers of oxidative stress. Tracker software products pdfxchange viewer, free pdf. The ecology of donax trunculus linnaeus and donax semistriatus poli from the mediterranean coast of israel. The genus is sometimes known as bean clams or wedge shells. Recent studies have reported an unusually high frequency of nonamplifying alleles at microsatellite loci in bivalves. Keywords bivalves, donax trunculus, microsatellites, heterozygous deficits, null alleles, population genetics introduction recent studies have reported an unusually high frequency of nonamplifying. Donax trunculus of the black sea, turkey researchgate. Donacidae as a potential biological indicator of grainsize variations in beach sediment. Pdf on mar 17, 2020, mehmet aydin and others published.
Genetic analysis of the wedge clam donax trunculus using. Donax trunculus genomic dna was obtained from commercially supplied adult specimens using adjusted phenolchloroform extraction protocol. A chromosome study of donax trunculus was made with specimens collected from a population of the french atlantic coast. Biochemical markers of oxidative stress in donax trunculus. Publication date 1990 usage attributionnoncommercial 3. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf.
Donax trunculus and tapes decussatus are two important members of this family. Null alleles are ubiquitous at microsatellite loci in the. It is composed of a central region built of up to five core repeats linked to a. Aspects on the reproductive cycle of donax semistriatus. Study of donax trunculus as a sentinel species for environmental monitoring of sandy beaches on moroccan coasts a. With seashell related information for expert and amateur collectors. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The potential use of the bivalve donax trunculus as bioindicator for heavy metal pollution of port said western coast on the mediterranean sea hamed a. The incidence of foot nipping was studied on the donax spp. Donax trunculus name synonyms donax bellardii tapparone canefri, 1869 donax brevis requien, 1848 donax julianae krynicky, 1837 donax trunculatus locard, 1886 donax trunculus var. Donax trunculus mollusk, bivalve is an edible specie used in the biomonitoring of marine water quality, particularly in the gulf of annaba. The main objectives of the present study were to detect the existence of a depth segregation phenomenon between size classes of donax. Donax trunculus linnaeus, 1758 see tree map fao names.
It is native to the mediterranean and atlantic coasts of western europe. The karyotype, not previously described, consists of 19 pairs. Pdf the ecology of donax trunculus linnaeus and donax. This page was last edited on february 2020, at 09. This site is located at 10 km south of agadir morocco and subjected to the.
Depuration times of donax trunculus and tapes decussatus. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Keywords bivalves, donax trunculus, microsatellites, heterozygous deficits, null alleles, population genetics introduction recent studies have reported an unusually high frequency of nonamplifying alleles, also known as null alleles, at microsatellite loci in bivalves hargrove et al. It is locally known as tellin, tellina, telline or tenille in france, tellina in italy, tellina or coquina in spain, conquilha or cadelinha in portugal and um elkholol in egypt and is consumed as a food in these countries. Pdf depuration times of donax trunculus and tapes decussatus. Tandem repeatcontaining mites in the clam donax trunculus.
In the clam donax trunculus, we characterized a composite, high copy number mite, named dtc84. Study of donax trunculus as a sentinel species for. Seasonal changes of two biomarkers of oxidative stress. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. Donax trunculus linnaeus, 1758 references primary references. Depuration ability of donax trunculus was assessed using transplantation experiment the fatty acid profile, the enzymes activities and the metallothionein levels were studied. The results showed that the cited sites g, f, e, d, c, b, a were rich with specific composition of bivalvia, and the total number of species determined at all cited sites reached. Depth segregation phenomenon in donax trunculus bivalvia. Donax trunculus, both on the roussillion coast france amouroux, 1974 and on the rabat coast morocco bayed, 1982. Null alleles are ubiquitous at microsatellite\ud loci in the wedge clam donax trunculus by ciro rico, jose a. The ecology of donax trunculus linnaeus and donax semistriatus. Donax is a genus of small, edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.
Effect of diet on the lipid composition of the commercial. In this beach, the most dominant sands have a size between 0. Donax trunculus were sampled seasonally during 20042005, from six stations along the coastline of the bouadisse sandy beach. The aim of the study was to determine seasonal variations of two biomarkers of oxidative stress, lactate dehydrogenase ldh and malondialdehyde mda, and their correlation with lipidcarbohydrate metabolism in the edible bivalve donax trunculus. Microbiological quality of the economically important striped venus chamelea gallina and wedge clam donax trunculus were investigated in the marmara sea. A pdf xchange editor license will directly license the viewer as well as the included pdf. Population dynamics and ecology of the surf clam donax serra core. Donax trunculus and venus verrucosa as bioindicators of. Reproduction, growth and mortality of the wedge clam donax trunculus were studied in an unexploited population in the northern part of the sea of marmara. The coquina clam, donax variabilis, ranges from the eastern coast of the united states, from new york to the caribbean, and across the gulf of mexico and into texas. Both the hyaline rings and the length frequency distributions have been used to determine the age and growth rate of d. The pdf xchange viewer has been replaced by the all new pdf xchange editor which extends the power of the viewer pro with many new features, headlining, direct content editing of text based pdf files not pdfs created from images or scans.
Biology and population dynamics of donax trunculus l. It is composed of a central region built of up to five core repeats linked to a microsatellite segment at one array end and flanked by sequences holding short inverted repeats. This paper describes the lipid composition of the commercial bivalve donax trunculus and the differences originated when the animals were fed with two phytoplankton species tetraselmis. Observations on the biology of donax trunculus and d. Pdf population dynamics and secondary production of donax. Donax trunculus wedge clam is an atlantic mediterranean warmtemperate species. Survivorship of juvenile surf clams donax serra bivalvia. Growth and reproduction of the wedge clam donax trunculus. Donax trunculus and tapes decussatus are two important members of this family fao, 2012. The influence of sediment grain size on burrowing, growth. Here we present evidence of dui in the clam donax trunculus making donacidae the sixth bivalve family in which the phenomenon has been. Population structure and growth of donax trunculus bivalvia.
Clam donax trunculus of the black sea, turkey find, read and cite all the. Bibliography for donax trunculus biodiversity heritage. Depuration times of donax trunculus and tapes decussatus article pdf available in brazilian journal of microbiology 453. Population dynamics and secondary production of donax trunculus.
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