CONSTRAINTS ON EGG MASSES .1. RETARDED DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THICK EGG MASSES
CONSTRAINTS ON EGG MASSES .1. RETARDED DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THICK EGG MASSES
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-0981(84)90231-4
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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2
通讯作者:
STRATHMANN, RR
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作者:
CHAFFEE, C;STRATHMANN, RR
Embryos deep within gelatinous egg masses of the cephalaspidean gastropod Melanochlamys diomedea (Bergh) and the nereid polychaete Nereis vexillosa Grube develop more slowly than embryos near the surface of the egg mass. The onset of asynchronous development in egg masses of M. diomedea is earlier at some field sites than others. Asynchrony in egg masses of M. diomedea is especially pronounced in still water in the laboratory, and synchrony is greater and hatching completed earlier when the egg mass is divided. Development is synchronous in the thin gelatinous egg ribbons of the cephalaspidean Haminoea vesicula (Gould) from the same field sites and habitat as the thicker and asynchronously developing spheroidal egg masses of M. diomedea. Form and size of egg masses affect rates of development, but this effect has not been included in models of life history adaptations.