Temperature effects on the egg development time and hatching success of three Acartia Species(Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Strait of Malacca

Yoahida, T. and Liong, C.F. and Majid, A.M. and Toda, T. and Othman, B.H.J. (2012) Temperature effects on the egg development time and hatching success of three Acartia Species(Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Strait of Malacca. Zoological Studies, 51 (5). pp. 644-654.

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Abstract

Temperature effects on the egg development time and hatching success of three Acartia species(Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Strait of Malacca. Zoological Studies 51(5): 644-654. Development times and hatching success rates at 6 temperatures (10, 14, 18, 22, 27, and 31°C) are presented for eggs of 3 congeneric Acartiid copepods, Acartia spinicauda, A. erythraea, and A. pacifica, from the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia. Egg development times of the 3 species were significantly related to the incubation temperature and each fit Bělehrádek’s function. Hatching success at 10°C was the lowest (13%) and significantly differed from those at other temperatures (by an ANOVA). Average hatching success rates at 14-31°C were 61% ± 26%, 78% ± 8%,and 87% ± 8% for A. erythraea, A. pacifica, and A. spinicauda, respectively. The temperature functions for egg development times of A. erythraea, A. pacifica, and A. spinicauda were D = 294(T - 4.47)-2.05, D = 545(T - 1.94)-2.05,and D = 352(T - 4.30)-2.05, respectively. Values of the ‘biological zero’ for Acartia were significantly correlated with environmental temperatures, suggesting that differences in temperature adaptation of development rates of eggs can be described from a single parameter of the temperature response. The results observed in this study were compared to findings from previous studies performed on other Acartiid species and from other copepod general

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Acartia; Egg; Biological zero; Tropical coastal waters
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Depositing User: Ms. Norhamizah Tamizi
Date Deposited: 07 Apr 2014 02:26
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2014 09:00
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/9573

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