title: Size and Age Characteristics and Phenotypic Peculiarities of Somatic Growth of the Black Sea Mollusk Flexopecten glaber ponticus (Bivalvia, Pectinidae)
abstract: This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the morphological, physiological, and biochemical parameters of somatic growth in the Black Sea scallop, Flexopecten glaber ponticus Bucguoy, Dautzenberg et Dollfus 1889, from a coastal site near Sevastopol, Crimea. The species is one of the few marine Black Sea mollusks listed in the Red Book of Sevastopol and Crimea with the status “Diminishing in numbers.” The peculiarities of soft tissue somatic growth have been studied in three size groups diffe
journal: Biology Bulletin