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Validity of Concentric Rings of Mya arenaria, L. for Determining Age

Nature volume 137, pages 191–192 (1936)Cite this article

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CERTAIN students of molluscan growth, among whom may be mentioned Weymouth1, have succeeded in demonstrating the annual character of particular concentric rings on the valves of several pelecypod molluscs.

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  1. Weymouth, F. W., ” The Life History and Growth of the Pismo Clam, Tivela stultorum”, Cal. Fish Game Comm., Fish Bull., 7, Contr. 1–120 (1923).

  2. Mead, A. D., and Barnes, E. W., ” Observations on the Soft-Shelled Clam”, 34th Rep. Comm. Island Fish., Rhode Island, 1904.

  3. Newcombe, Curtis L., ” Growth of Mya arenaria, L., in the Bay of Fundy Region”, Can. J. Res., December 1935.

  4. Newcombe, Curtis L., ” Variations in the Growth Indices of Mya arenaria, L., from Different Latitudes of the Atlantic Coast of North America”, Ecology (in press).

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  1. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and University of Maryland,

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NEWCOMBE, C. Validity of Concentric Rings of Mya arenaria, L. for Determining Age. Nature 137, 191–192 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137191a0

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