Effects of TAG/DNA ratio and age of cyprids on post-metamorphic growth and survival in the barnacle Balanus amphitrite

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-88

  Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen ^a   Harder, Tilmann ^a   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

AMPHITRITE; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; CHAETOCEROS GRACILIS; CIRRIPEDIA; CRUSTACEA; CYPRIDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; THORACICA;

EID: 0037324451     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315403006830h     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Barnes, H. & Blackstock, J., 1973. Estimation of lipids in marine animals and tissues: detailed investigation of the sulphophosphovanillin method for total lipids. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 12, 103-118.
2. Bradford, M.M., 1976. A rapid and sensitive method for the quantification of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein dye binding. Analytical Biochemistry, 72, 248-254.
3. Clemmesen, C., 1993. Improvements in the fluorimetric determination of the RNA and DNA content of individual marine fish larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 100, 177-183.
4. Gosselin, L.A. & Qian, P.Y., 1996. Early post-settlement mortality of an intertidal barnacle: a critical period for survival. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 135, 69-75.
5. Harder, T., Thiyagarajan,V. & Qian, P.Y., 2001. Combined effect of cyprid age and lipid content on larval settlement and metamorphosis of Balanus amphitrite Darwin. Biofouling, 17, 257-262.
6. Hentschel, B.T. & Emlet, R.B., 2000. Metamorphosis of barnacle nauplii: effects of food variability and a comparison with amphibian models. Ecology, 81, 3495-3508.
7. Jarrett, J.N. & Pechenik, J.A., 1997. Temporal variation in cyprid quality and juvenile growth capacity for an intertidal barnacle. Ecology, 78, 1262-1265.
8. Lucas, M.I., Walker, G., Holland, D.L. & Crisp, D.J., 1979. An energy budget for the free-swimming and metamorphosing larvae of Balanus balanoides (Crustacea: Cirripedia). Marine Biology, 55, 221-229.
9. Miron, G., Boudreau, B. & Bourget, E., 1999. Intertidal barnacle distribution: a case study using multiple working hypothesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 189, 205-219.
10. Miron, G., Walters, L.J., Tremblay, R. & Bourget, E., 2000. Physiological condition and barnacle larval behavior: a preliminary look at the relationship between TAG/DNA ratio and larval substratum exploration in Balanus amphitrite, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 198, 303-310.
11. Pechenik, J.A., Rittschof, D. & Schmidt, A.R., 1993. Influence of delayed metamorphosis on survival and growth of juvenile barnacles Balanus amphitrite. Marine Biology 115, 287-294.
12. Qian, P.Y. & Pechenik, J.A., 1998. Effects of larval starvation and delayed metamorphosis on juvenile survival and growth of the tube-dwelling polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 227, 169-185.
13. Qiu, J.W. & Qian, P.Y., 1997. Effects of food availability, larval source and culture method on larval development of Balanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin: implications for experimental design. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 217, 47-61.
14. Raimondi, P.T., 1990. Patterns, mechanisms, consequences of variability in settlement and recruitment of an intertidal barnacle. Ecological Monographs, 60, 283-309.
15. Rainbow, P.S. & Walker, G., 1977. The functional morphology and development of the alimentary tract of juvenile barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica). Marine Biology, 42, 337-349.
16. Rittschof, D., Branscomb, E.S. & Costlow, J.D., 1984. Settlement and behaviour in relation to flow and surface in barnacle, Balanus amphitrite Darwin. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 82, 131-146.
17. Underwood, A.J., 1997. Experiments in ecology: their logical design and interpretation using analysis of variance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
18. Walker, G., Yule, A.B. & Nott: J.A., 1987. Structure and function in balanomorph larvae. In Barnacle biology (ed. A.J. Southward), pp. 307-328. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema.
19. Wendt, D.E., 1996. Effect of larval swimming duration on success of metamorphosis and size of the ancestrular lophophore in Bugula neritina (Bryozoa). Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 191, 224-233.
20. West, T.L. & Costlow, J.D., 1988. Determinants of the larval molting pattern of the crustacean Balanus eburneus Gould (Cirripedia: Thoracica). Journal of Experimental Zoology, 248, 33-44.