Deep-sea clams feel the heat

Cindy Lee Van Dover ()
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Cindy Lee Van Dover: Millington Hall, College of William

Nature, 1999, vol. 397, issue 6716, 205-207

Abstract: The giant white clams of Sagami Bay, Japan, live at depths of more than 1,100 metres. Their spawning has been recorded on video and, remarkably, has been subject to experiment, which seems to show that the timing of spawning is controlled by slight increases in water temperature.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1038/16580

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