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Molluscan Publications - Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica)

Publications
  • Bellin, G. and R. Mann. 2023. GIS Clam Distribution Storymap – ArcGIS Storymap product – and Supporting Documentation: Clam Resources Final Report by Christina Sabochick,  Distribution Document, Process Document
  • Harding, J.M., King, S., Powell, E., & R. Mann. 2008. Decadal trends in age structure and recruitment patterns of ocean quahogs, Arctica islandica, from the Mid-Atlantic Bight in relation to water temperature. Journal of Shellfish Research. 27(4): 667-690. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/410/
  • Harding, J.M. 2007. Northern quahog Mercenaria mercenaria age at length relationships and growth patterns in the York River, Virginia 1954 to 1970. Journal of Shellfish Research. 26(1): 101-107. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/444/
  • Hemeon, K.M.  E.N. Powell, J.M. Klinck, R. Mann, S.M. Pace. (2023). Regional growth rates and growth synchronicity between two populations of Arctica islandica in the western Mid-Atlantic (US).  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 291 (2023) 108412 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108412
  • Hemeon, K.M.  E.N. Powell, S.M. Pace, T.E. Redmond, and R. Mann. (2021). Population dynamics of Arctica islandica at Georges Bank (USA): an analysis of sex-based demographics.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , First View, pp. 1 - 16 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315422000030
  • Hemeon, K.M.  E.N. Powell, E. Robillard, S.M. Pace, T.E. Redmond, and R. Mann. (2021). Attainability of Accurate Age Frequencies for Ocean Quahogs (Arctica islandica) Using Large Datasets: Protocol, Reader Precision, and Error Assessment, J. of Shellfish Research, 40(2):255-267. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.040.0206
  • LeClaire, Alyssa & Powell, Eric & Mann, Roger & Hemeon, Kathleen & Pace, Sara & Saba, Vincent & Du Pontavice, Hubert & Sower, Jillian. (2023). Temporal and spatial comparisons of ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) growth and lifespan on the mid-Atlantic continental shelf during inshore transgressions of their range from the Neoglacial through the twentieth century. Continental Shelf Research. 272. 105143. 10.1016/j.csr.2023.105143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.105143
  • LeClaire, A.M., E.N. Powell, R. Mann, T. Redmond. 2023. Taphonomic indicators of dead ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) shell age in the death assemblage of the Mid-Atlantic Bight continental shelf. Palaios 38:305-324. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023Palai..38..305L/abstract
  • LeClaire, A.M., Powell, E.N., Mann, R., Hemeon, K.M., Pace, S.M., Sower, J.R. and T.E. Redmond (2022). Historical biogeographic range shifts and the influence of climate change on ocean quahogs (Arctica islandica) on the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The Holocene. 1-13. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09596836221101275
  • Lutz, R., Goodsell, J., Mann, R., & M. Castagna. 1981. Experimental culture of the ocean quahog (Arctica islandica). Journal of the World Mariculture Society. 12(1):196-205. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230026761_Experimental_culture_of_the_ocean_quahog_Arctica_islandica
  • Mann, R., Harding, J.M., Southworth, M.J. & J. Wesson. 2005. Northern quahog (hard clam) Mercenaria mercenaria abundance and habitat use in Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Shellfish Research. 24(2):509-516. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/456/
  • Mann, R. and C. Wolf. 1983. Swimming behavior of larvae of the ocean quahog Arctica islandica in response to pressure and temperature. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 13:211-218. https://seagrant.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2015/01/WHOI-R-83-016-Mann-Roger-and-C.C.-W.pdf
  • Mann, R. 1982. The seasonal cycle of gonadal development in Arctica islandica from the southern New England shelf. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 80(2):315-326. https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/1982/802/mann.pdf
  • Pace, S. M., Powell, E. N., Mann, R, and M.C. Long. 2017. Comparison of Age-Frequency Distributions for Ocean Quahogs (Arctica islandica) in the Western Atlantic U.S. Continental Shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 585: 81–98, 2017  https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12384
  • Pace, S. M., Powell, E. N., Mann, R., Long, M.C., and J.M. Klinck. 2017. Development of an Age-Frequency Distribution for Ocean Quahogs (Arctica islandica) on Georges Bank. J. Shellfish Res. 36: 41-53. National Shellfisheries Association. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/306/
  • Powell, E.N., A.M. Ewing, and K.M. Kuykendall. (2020). Ocean quahogs (Arctica islandica) and Atlantic surfclams (Spisula solidissima) on the Mid-Atlantic Bight continental shelf and Georges Bank: the death assemblage as a recorder of climate change and the reorganization of the continental shelf benthos. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 537: #109205, 16 pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.05.027
  • Powell, E. & R. Mann. 2005. Evidence of recent recruitment in the ocean quahog Arctica islandica in the Mid-Atlantic bight. Journal of Shellfish Research. 24(2): 517-530. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/457/

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