Temporal Tolerance of Larval Theora fragilis (Bivalvia: Semelidase) to Hypoxic Conditions
Temporal Tolerance of Larval Theora fragilis (Bivalvia: Semelidase) to Hypoxic Conditions
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幼虫 Theora fragilis(双壳纲:塞美利酶)对缺氧条件的时间耐受性
DOI:
10.2331/fishsci.62.996
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
K. Tamai
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作者:
K. Tamai
In order to evaluate the population dynamics of benthic animals living in eutrophic embayments, where the am bient oxygen concentration frequently falls to fairly low levels, it is of great interest to examine the ability of the benthic animals to withstand such temporal adverse condi tions. Most previous studies on the hypoxic tolerance of benthic animals have dealt with adult stage animals. Despite the fact that larval hypoxic tolerance is one of the key factors that determine the successful recruitment size, little is currently available on larval stages. Presently avail able information about the hypoxic tolerance of the early developmental stages is limited to that of crustacean larvae including blue crab Portunus trituberculatus1) and white shrimp Metapenaeus monoceros.2) This paper is the first report on the hypoxic tolerance of the molluscan larva of Theora fragilis, a small bivalve which is well-known as an indicator species of organic pollution characterized by low dissolved oxygen concentration in bottom water and high organic contents in sediments.3) The maintenance temperature of mature bivalves (8-10 mm in shell length) was raised from 21.3 to 24.4•Ž to in duce spawning. After artificial fertilization, newly hatched larvae thus obtained were maintained at 23-24•Ž provid ing a flagellate, Pavlova sp. as food. Larvae reached the umbo-stage (115,ƒÊm in mean shell length) in 6 days and full-grown stage (160ƒÊm in mean shell length) in 13 days after fertilization. Larvae of these two stages were used for the experiments. Seawater used for the experiments was collected just be fore each experiment because it is desirable to keep larvae in fresh seawater. Five 121 acrylic test aquaria filled with 10 l filtered (1 ƒÊm mesh) seawater containing 5 mg/l of an tibiotic reagent (streptomycin) were used. The salinity of the seawater was 28.3 for the umbo-larva stage and 25.2 for the full-grown larva stage. Five dissolved oxygen con centration levels (0•`49mlO2/l) were established in respective aquaria by bubbling N2 gas, a mixture gas of 3% 02 and 97% N2, that of 6.3% 02 and 93.7% N2, that of 13% 02 and 87% N2 or pure air continuously during the ex