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- W857565317 abstract "This chapter discusses the physiological energetics of marine molluscs. The measurement of the components of the energy balance equation for individual organisms—namely, ingestion, absorption, excretion, and respiration—allows the derivation of the energy available to the animal for growth and for reproduction. In this way, it is possible to analyze the relationships between growth and various endogenous and exogenous variables in terms of underlying physiological processes. The chapter discusses various physiological components of growth in marine molluscs (excluding the cephalopods) in relation to the major variables of body size, seasonal effects, temperature, oxygen concentration, and ration level. Studies on energy flow at the population level indicate the average rates and efficiencies that have been reported in the major trophic categories. Three efficiencies of energy transfer are commonly considered: (1) absorption efficiency (A/C); (2) gross growth efficiency (P/C); and (3) net growth efficiency (P/A). The concept of scope for growth, which was regarded as the difference between the energy of the food an animal consumes and all other utilizations and losses, has descriptive validity for a wide range of environmental variables and has been widely used in the study of physiological adaptation in molluscs. Recent advances in knowledge of the population genetics of marine molluscs pose a challenge to the whole-animal physiologist, and future research in either discipline must clearly take account of recent understanding that derives from the other." @default.
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- W857565317 title "Physiological Energetics of Marine Molluscs" @default.
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