ABSTRACT

Abstract ....................................................................................................190 6.1 Introduction .....................................................................................190 6.2 Bare Bones Locomotor System ......................................................191 6.3 Shell Characteristics and Their Influence Upon

Swimming Capacities .....................................................................192 6.4 Structure and Roles of the Scallop Adductor Muscle .....................194 6.5 Metabolic Support of Swimming in Scallops .................................196 6.6 The Hinge Ligament .......................................................................197 6.7 Studies of Escape Response Performance ......................................198 6.8 Physiological Status and Escape Response Capacities ...................202 6.9 Reproductive Investment and Escape Response Performance .......203 6.10 Size and Escape Response Performance .........................................206 6.11 Temperature and Escape Response Performance ...........................208 6.12 Escape Response Performance and Culture Methods .....................210 6.13 Conclusion ...................................................................................... 211 Acknowledgments .................................................................................... 211 Keywords .................................................................................................212 References ................................................................................................212

HELGA E. GUDERLEY* and ISABELLE TREMBLAY