Adamussium colbecki

Mauri, M., E. Orlando, M. Nigro, and F. Regoli. 1990. Heavy metals in the Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 67 27-33. 

The scallop Adamussium colbecki was sampled from areas adjacent to Terra Nova Bay and Swoya research stations as well as from the Explorers Cove site which is hydrographically isolated from the influence of activities at the McMurdo Base (73). The study aimed at developing a circumpolar baseline for this species as regards trace elements in relation to the different habitat conditions. Determinations of Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were performed on all tissues combined. The concentrations found were generally lower than those for temperate and tropical scallop species. 

Table 6.14. Trace metals contents (mean + sd or range) in Adamussium colbecki and Laternula elliptica from Antarctica...

R. Capelli, R. V. Minganti, F. Fiorentino, R. Pellegrini, Mercury and selenium in Adamussium colbecki and Pagothenia bernacchii from the Ross Sea (Antarctica), Ann. Chim. (Rome), 81 (1991), 357-369. 

Table 10.8. Concentrations of some trace elements in freeze-dried Adamussium colbecki as obtained by ICP-AES...

M, Nigro, Nearshore population characteristics of the circumpolar Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki (Smith, 1902) at Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea), Ant. Sci., 5 (1993), 377-378. 

W. L. Stockton, The biology and ecology of the epifaunal scallop Adamussium colbecki on the west side of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Mar. Biol., 78 (1984), 171-178. 

Viarengo, A., Canesi, L., Martinez, P.G., Peters, L.D., Livingstone, D.R., 1995. Pro-oxidant processes and antioxidant defence systems in the tissues of the Antarctic scallop (Adamussium colbecki) compared with the Mediterranean scallop (Pecten jacobaeus). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 11 IB, 119-126. 

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