Published date:Feb 11 2022

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: Integration Processes in the Russian and International Research Domain: Experience and Prospects

Pages:1–5

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v7i3.10415

Igor N. Bakhmetigor.bakhmet@gmail.comInstitute of Biology, Кarelian Research Centre RAS

Tatiana KusnetsovaSt. Petersburg Scientific Research Centre for Ecological Safety RAS

Sergey KholodkevichSt. Petersburg Scientific Research Centre for Ecological Safety RAS

Abstract. We studied the cardiac activity of the ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) and identified the precise point on the mollusc’s shell at which the heart rate can be successfully monitored remotely. The heartbeat pattern was markedly unstable. Moreover, irregular cardiac arrests were observed in every monitored mollusc.

Keywords: Arctica islandica, cardiac activity, heart rate

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