Costs of delayed metamorphosis: Reduced growth and survival in early juveniles of an estuarine grapsid crab, Chasmagnathus granulata

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-281

  Gebauer, P ^a   Paschke, K ^a   Anger, K ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crab; Delayed metamorphosis; Postmetamorphic fitness; Settlement cues; Substratum

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH; METAMORPHOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ESTUARY; FITNESS; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA;

EID: 0033562456     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00219-6     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Anger K. Developmental changes in the bioenergetics of decapod larvae. Mem. Queensl. Mus. 31:1991;289-308.
2. Cobb J.S., Wahle R.A. Early life history and recruitment processes of clawed lobsters. Crustaceana. 67:1994;1-25.
3. Cowen R.K. Variation in the planktonic larval duration of the temperate wrasse Semicossyphus pulcher. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 69:1991;9-15.
4. Crisp D.J. Factors influencing the settlement of marine invertebrate larvae. Grant P.T., Mackie A.M. Chemoreception in Marine Organisms. 1974;177-267 Academic Press, London.
5. Eggleston D.B., Armstrong D.A. Pre- and post-settlement determinants of estuarine dungeness crab recruitment. Ecol. Monogr. 65:1995;193-216.
6. Fitzgerald T.P., Forward R.B., Tankersley R.A. Metamorphosis of the estuarine crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii: effect of water type and adult odor. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 165:1998;217-223.
7. Forward R.B., De Vries M.C., Rittschof D., Frankel D.A.Z., Bischoff J.P., Fisher C.M., Welch J.M. Effects of environmental cues on metamorphosis of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 131:1996;165-177.
8. Forward R.B., Tankersley R.A., Blondel D., Rittschof D. Metamorphosis of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus: effects of humic acids and ammonium. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 157:1997;277-286.
9. Forward R.B., Swanson J., Tankersely R.A., Welch J.M. Endogenous swimming rhythms of blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, megalopae: effects of offshore and estuarine cues. Mar. Biol. 127:1997;621-628.
10. Gebauer P., Walter I., Anger K. Effects of substratum and conspecific adults on the metamorphosis of Chasmagnathus granulata (Dana) (Decapoda: Grapsidae) megalopae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. 223:1998;185-198.
11. Hartnoll R.G. Growth. Abele L.G. Embryology, Morphology and Genetics, The Biology of Crustacea. 1982;111-196 Academic Press, New York.
12. Harvey A.W. Abbreviated larval development in the Australian terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita variabilis McCulloch (Anomura: Coenobitidae). J. Crust. Biol. 12:1992;196-209.
13. Harvey A.W. Delayed metamorphosis in Florida hermit crabs: multiple cues and constraints (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae and Diogenidae). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 141:1996;27-36.
14. Hines A.S. Larval problems and perspectives in life histories of marine invertebrates. Bull. Mar. Sci. 39:1986;506-525.
15. Hunt H.L., Scheibling R.E. Role of early post-settlement mortality in recruitment of benthic marine invertebrates. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 155:1997;269-301.
16. Jensen G.C. Competency, settling behavior, and postsettlement aggregation by porcelain crab megalopae (Anomura: Porcellanidae). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 153:1991;49-61.
17. Kunisch M., Anger K. Variation in development and growth rates of larval and juvenile spider crabs Hyas araneus reared in the laboratory. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 15:1984;293-301.
18. Miller S.E., Hadfield M.G. Developmental arrest during larval life and life-span extension in a marine mollusc. Science. 248:1990;356-358.
19. Moksnes P.-O., Pihl L., van Montfrans J. Predation on postlarvae and juveniles of the shore crab Carcinus maenas: importance of shelter, size and cannibalism. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 166:1998;211-225.
20. Obrebski S. Larval colonizing strategies in marine benthic invertebrates. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 1:1979;293-300.
21. O'Connor, N.J., Gregg, A.S., 1998. Influence of potential habitat cues on duration of the megalopal stage of the fiddler crab Uca pugnax. J. Crust. Biol. (in press).
22. O'Connor N.J., Judge M.L. Flexibility in timing of molting of fiddler crab megalopae: evidence from in situ manipulation of cues. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 146:1997;55-60.
23. Pechenik J.A. Delayed metamorphosis of marine molluscan larvae: current status and directions for research. Am. Malacol. Bull. 1:1985;85-91.
24. Pechenik J.A. Delayed metamorphosis by larvae of benthic marine invertebrates: does it occur? Is there a price to pay? Ophelia. 32:1990;63-94.
25. Pechenik J.A., Cerulli T.R. Influence of delayed metamorphosis on survival, growth, and reproduction of the marine polychaete Capitella sp. I. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 151:1991;17-27.
26. Pechenik J.A., Eyster S. Influence of delayed metamorphosis on the growth and metabolism of young Crepidula fornicata (Gastropoda) juveniles. Biol. Bull. 176:1989;14-24.
27. Pechenik J.A., Rittschof D., Schmidt A.R. Influence of delayed metamorphosis on survival and growth of juvenile barnacles Balanus amphitrite. Mar. Biol. 115:1993;287-294.
28. Qian P.-Y., McEdward L.R., Chia F-S. Effects of delayed settlement on survival, growth, and reproduction in the spionid polychaete, Polydora ligni. Inv. Rep. Dev. 18:1990;147-152.
29. Sokal R.R., Rohlf F.J. Biometry. The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research. 1995;W.H. Freeman and Co, New York.
30. Thorson G. Reproductive ecology of marine bottom invertebrates. Biol. Rev. 25:1950;1-45.
31. Victor B.C. Delayed metamorphosis with reduced larval growth in a coral reef fish (Thalassoma bifasciatum). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 43:1986;1208-1213.
32. Wendt D.E. Effect of larval swimming duration on success of metamorphosis and size of the ancestrular lophophore in Bugula neritina (Bryozoa). Biol. Bull. 191:1996;224-233.
33. Wolcott D.L., de Vries M.C. Offshore megalopae of Callinectes sapidus: depth of collection, molt stage and response to estuarine cues. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 109:1994;157-163.
34. Woollacott R.M., Pechenik J.A., Imbalzano K.M. Effects of duration of larval swimming period on early colony development in Bugula stolonifera (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata). Mar. Biol. 102:1989;57-63.