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Effects of temperature and salinity on larval development ofElminius modestus (Crustacea, Cirripedia) from Helgoland (North Sea) and New Zealand

Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 40, pages 355–376 (1986)Cite this article

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Larvae ofElminius modestus (Darwin) from four different populations (Portobello, Leigh, Doubtless Bay [New Zealand] and Helgoland [North Sea]) were reared at different salinity and temperature combinations. The larvae ofE. modestus from Helgoland developed successfully at a wide range of temperature (6° to 24 °C) and salinity (20 to 50 ‰ S). Mortality was highest at 10 ‰ S; only at 12° and 18 °C did a small percentage develop to the cypris. The larvae from New Zealand were reared at a temperature range of 12°–24 °C at 20, 30 and 40 ‰ S; mortality increased in all populations at all salinities with decreasing temperature and was extremely high at 12 °C and 40 ‰ S. The temperature influence on larval duration could be described in all cases by a power function. No significant differences in temperature influences on developmental times between the tested salinities were found, except for the Portobello population at 20 ‰ S. Significant differences were found in the temperature influence on larval development between the populations from Helgoland and the North Island of New Zealand (Leigh, Doubtless Bay). No differences were found between the Helgoland and Portobello population. The pooled data for the temperature influence on the larval development of the three tested New Zealand populations at 20, 30 and 40 ‰ S and the pooled Helgoland data at 20, 30 and 40 ‰ S show highly significant differences.

Larval size (stage VI) was influenced by experimental conditions. The larvae grew bigger at low temperatures and attained their maximum size at 30 ‰ S (Helgoland). There was a strong reduction in larval size at temperatures from 18° to 24 °C. The larvae of the New Zealand populations were smaller than those from Helgoland. The greatest difference in size existed between the larvae from Portobello and Helgoland.

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Harms, J. Effects of temperature and salinity on larval development ofElminius modestus (Crustacea, Cirripedia) from Helgoland (North Sea) and New Zealand. Helgolander Meeresunters 40, 355–376 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01983818

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