Giant Clams: A Comprehensive Guide to the Identification and Care of Tridacnid ClamsIn this book Daniel Knop introduces the reaser to all nine known species of Tridacnidae. The authors' contacs with leading scientists and universities evaluate his own experience with marine aquariums up to 6.000 litres in size, have resulted in a comprehensive work on giant clams which contains detailed descriptions of their dehaviour and ecology, anatomy and reproductive cycle. |
Contents
Preface by Peter Wilkens | 7 |
Species Descriptions | 15 |
Reproduction | 45 |
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adapt adductor muscle adult animals aquaria aquarists aquarium aquarium conditions aquarium water artificial bacteria Bivalvia byssal orifice byssus calcium carbonate cells central bleaching channel system clam diseases clam hatcheries clam species coral reef Corculum cardissa developed digestive eggs excurrent chamber excurrent syphon export family Tridacnidae filter fish Fraginae giant clams gills gonadal growth Hippopus hippopus Hippopus porcellanus illumination incurrent individuals infection invertebrates Janssen John Norton keeping clams larvae light intensity light source live metabolic metal halide lamps molluscs mussel nitrate nitrogen organisms Osram oxygen pallial line parasites pH-value Philippines Photo pigments planktonic population Precaution and counteraction predators produce propagation reef tank release retracted rosewateri salt concentration seawater shell length Silliman University snails soft corals specimen spectral sperm substances substrate surface symbiotic algae syphonal mantle temperature tevoroa tissue trace elements Tridacna crocea Tridacna derasa Tridacna gigas Tridacna maxima Tridacna squamosa Tridacnidae ultraviolet upper rim vertical folds zooxanthellae