Persistently high levels of intersexuality in male-biased amphipod populations

Zoology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 401-409

  Ford, Alex T ^a   Glazier, Douglas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Gammarus minus; Intersexuality; Sex determination; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS MINUS;

EID: 46749143641     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Barbeau M.A., and Grecian L.A. Occurrence of intersexuality in the amphipod Corophium volutator (Pallas) in the upper bay of Fundy, Canada. Crustaceana 76 (2003) 665-679
2. Buikema A.L., Chester A.L., and Stevens H.R. Intersexuality in Gammarus minus Say. Crustaceana 6 Suppl. (1980) 111-117
3. Bulnheim H.P. Interaction between genetic, external and parasitic factors in sex determination of the crustacean amphipod Gammarus duebeni. Helgol. Wiss. Meeresunters. 31 (1978) 1-133
4. Charnov E.L. The theory of sex allocation. Monogr. Pop. Biol. 18 (1982) 1-355
5. Colborn T., Peterson M.J., and Dumanoski D. Our Stolen Future (1996), Little, Brown and Co., Boston
6. Cordaux R., Michel-Salzat A., and Bouchon D. Wolbachia infection in crustaceans: novel hosts and potential routes for horizontal transmission. J. Evolution. Biol. 14 (2001) 237-243
7. Culver D.C., Kane T.C., and Fong D.W. Adaption and Natural Selection in Caves: The Evolution of Gammarus minus (1995), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
8. Defur P.L., Crane M., Ingersoll C., and Tattersfield L. Endocrine Disruption in Invertebrates: Endocrinology, Testing and Assessment (1999), SETAC Technical Publication, SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL
9. Dunn A.M., and Hatcher M.J. The effect of salinity on transovirial transmission of a microsporidian infecting Gammarus duebeni. Parasitology 115 (1997) 381-385
10. Dunn A.M., and Smith J.E. Microsporidian life cycles and diversity: the relationship between virulence and transmission. Microbes Infect 3 (2001) 381-388
11. Dunn A.M., Adams J., and Smith J.E. Is intersexuality a cost of environmental sex determination in Gammarus duebeni?. J. Zool. London 231 (1993) 383-389
12. Dunn A., Hogg J.C., Kelly A., and Hatcher M.J. Two cues for sex determination in Gammarus duebeni: adaptive variation in environmental sex determination?. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50 (2005) 346-353
13. Dyson E.A., and Hurst G.D.D. Persistence of an extreme sex ratio bias in a natural population. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101 (2004) 6521-6525
14. Ford A.T., and Fernandes T.F. Notes on the occurrence of intersex in amphipods. Hydrobiologia 548 (2005) 313-318
15. Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Rider S.A., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., and Davies I.M. Reproduction in the amphipod, Echinogammarus marinus: a comparison between normal and intersex specimens. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK 83 (2003) 937-940
16. Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Rider S.A., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., and Davies I.M. Measuring sublethal impacts of pollution on reproductive output in marine crustacea. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 265 (2003) 303-309
17. Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Rider S.A., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., and Davies I.M. Endocrine disruption in a marine amphipod? Field observations of intersexuality and de-masculinisation. Mar. Environ. Res. 58 (2004) 169-173
18. Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., and Davies I.M. The costs of intersexuality: a crustacean perspective. Mar. Biol. 145 (2004) 951-957
19. Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Robinson C.D., Davies I.M., and Read P.A. Can industrial pollution cause intersexuality in the amphipod, Echinogammarus marinus? Mar. Pollut. Bull. 53 (2006) 100-106
20. Ford A.T., Martins I., and Fernandes T.F. Population level effects of intersexuality in the marine environment. Sci. Total Environ. 374 (2007) 102-111
21. Glazier D.S. Springs as model ecosystems for ecology and evolutionary biology: a case study of Gammarus minus Say (Amphipoda) in mid-Appalachian springs differing in pH and ionic content. In: Botosaneanu L. (Ed). Studies in Crenobiology (1998), The Biology of Springs and Springbrooks, Backhuys, Leiden 49-62
22. Glazier D.S. Variation in offspring investment within and among populations of Gammarus minus Say (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in ten mid-Appalachian springs (USA). Arch. Hydrobiol. 146 (1999) 257-284
23. Glazier D.S. Is fatter fitter? Body storage and reproduction in ten populations of the freshwater amphipod Gammarus minus. Oecologia 122 (2000) 335-345
24. Glazier D.S. Smaller amphipod mothers show stronger trade-offs between offspring size and number. Ecol. Lett. 3 (2000) 142-149
25. Glazier D.S., and Gooch J.L. Macroinvertebrate assemblages in Pennsylvania (USA) springs. Hydrobiologia 150 (1987) 33-43
26. Glazier D.S., Horne M.T., and Lehman M.E. Abundance, body composition, and reproductive output of Gammarus minus Say (Crustacea: amphipoda) in ten cold springs differing in pH and ionic content. Freshwater Biol. 28 (1992) 149-163
27. Gooch J.L., and Glazier D.S. Temporal and spatial patterns in mid-Appalachian springs. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 155 (1991) 29-49
28. Haley C.J. Comparisons of secondary production, life history, and mouthpart functional morphology between two populations of the Amphipod Gammarus minus (1997), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA Ph.D. Thesis
29. Juchault P., Legrand J.J., and Mocquard J.P. Contribution à l'étude qualitative et quantitative des facteurs contrôlant le sexe dans les populations du crustacé isopode terrestre Armadillidium vulgare LatrI. La population de Niort (Deux-Sèvres). Arch. Zool. Exp. Gén. 121 (1980) 3-27
30. Judd W.W. Studies of the Byron Bog in southwestern Ontario. XVI. Observations on the life cycles of two species of Crangonyx (Crustacea: amphipoda). Nat. Mus. Can. Nat. Hist. Pap. 20 (1963) 1-9
31. Kelly A., Dunn A.M., and Hatcher M.J. Incomplete feminisation by the microsporidian sex ratio distorter, Nosema granulosis, and reduced transmission and feminisation efficiency at low temperatures. Int. J. Parasitol. 32 (2002) 825-831
32. Kelly A., Hatcher M., and Dunn A. Intersexuality in the amphipod Gammarus duebeni results from incomplete feminisation by the vertically transmitted parasitic sex ratio distorter Nosema granulosis. Evol. Ecol. 18 (2004) 121-132
33. Ladewig V., Jungmann D., Petzsch P., Pitsch M., Stäglich I., and Nagel R. Does intersexuality affect precopula and fecundity in Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea, Amphipoda)?. Arch. Hydrobiol. 168 (2007) 201-210
34. Miller J.D. Factors influencing the abundance and life history of the spring form of Gammarus minus Say (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) (1977), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA MSc Thesis
35. Miller J.D., and Buikema Jr. A.L. Observations on the ecology of the spring form of Gammarus minus (Form III) Say. Crustaceana 4 Suppl. (1976) 153-163
36. Rigaud T., and Juchault P. Conflict between feminizing sex ratio distorters and an autosomal masculinizing gene in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare Lar. Genetics 133 (1993) 247-252
37. Rodgers-Gray T.P., Smith J.E., Ashcroft A.E., Isaac R.E., and Dunn A.M. Mechanisms of parasite-induced sex reversal in Gammarus duebeni. Int. J. Parasitol. 34 (2004) 747-753
38. Schram M.D. Life History and Post-Embryonic Development of Gammarus minus (Say) (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in Laboratory Culture (1987), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR Ph.D. Thesis
39. Simon K.S., and Benfield E.F. Leaf and wood breakdown in cave streams. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 20 (2001) 550-563
40. Terry R.S., Smith J.E., and Dunn A.M. Impact of a novel feminizing microsporidian parasite on its crustacean host. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 45 (1998) 497-501
41. Terry R.S., Smith J.E., Sharpe R.G., Rigaud T., Littlewood D.T.J., Ironside J.E., Rollinson D., Bouchon D., MacNeil C., Dick J.T.A., and Dunn A. Widespread vertical transmission and associated host sex-ratio distortion within the eukaryotic phylum Microspora. Proc. Roy. Soc. B-Biol. Sci. 271 (2004) 1783-1789
42. Vandenbergh G.F., Adriaens D., Verslycke T., and Janssen C.R. Effects of 17α-ethinylestradiol on sexual development of the amphipod Hyalella azteca. Ecotox. Environ. Safe. 54 (2003) 216-222
43. Werren J.H. The coevolution of autosomal and cytoplasmic sex ratio factors. J. Theor. Biol. 124 (1987) 317-333