Problems in establishing the relationship between pumping rate and oxygen consumption rate in the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria.
D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000502:physiology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005880:Gills / Q000378:metabolism; D006339:Heart Rate; D008722:Methods; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors