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Metabolism measurements ofAurelia aurita planulae larvae, and calculation of maximal survival period of the free swimming stage
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 39, pages 43–47 (1985)
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Respiration, ammonia and phosphate excretion experiments were performed with planula larvae ofAurelia aurita (Scyphozoa) from Kiel Fjord, Baltic Sea, in summer 1983. The mean respiration measured was 3.22 nl O2 ind−1 h−1 (at ∼ 20 °C). Excretion experiments revealed average values of 11.41 pM NH4-N ind−1, and 0.92 pM PO4-P ind−1h−1, respectively. The atomic C:N:P ratio of excretion products was 133:10:1. The O:N ratio of 25:1 and O:P ratio of 313:1 point to a lipid-carbohydrate-oriented catabolism of theAurelia larvae. On the basis of experimental results and of biomass determinations, the maximal survival period of the non-feeding free swimming planula stage was calculated. Typically, the value lies in the range of some days to one week.
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Schneider, G., Weisse, T. Metabolism measurements ofAurelia aurita planulae larvae, and calculation of maximal survival period of the free swimming stage. Helgolander Meeresunters 39, 43–47 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01997518
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