The Effects of Temperature on the Development and Survival of the Eggs and Larvae of the Atlantic Silverside, Menidia menidia

Austin, Herbert M.; Sosnow, Allan D.; Hickey, Clarence R.

doi:10.1577/1548-8659(1975)104<762:teotot>2.0.co;2

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“…This article provides the first detailed report of the field ecology of Atlantic silverside larvae, although laboratory studies on this larval species have been conducted for decades (e.g., Austin et al, 1975;Middaugh and Lempesis, 1976;Morgan and Prince, 1977;Deacutis, 1978;Bengtson, 1985;Lankford et al, 2001). …”

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“…According to the regression coefficients in the age-length equations, the larvae in our study grew at 0.65-0.66 mm/d. Barkman et al (1981) found that over a length range of about 12-90 mm TL Atlantic silverside grew at 0.84 mm/d, on the basis of an age-length relationship determined with otolith analysis, whereas Mulkana (1966) estimated a growth rate of 7-11 mm/month (0.23-0.37 mm/d) on the basis of length-frequency analyses of a cohort. Volson (2012) found that larval length at hatching was significantly greater for Atlantic silverside larvae in the UPJP than for larvae in the UPR.…”

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“…It is perhaps best known scientifically because of the important laboratory experiments of Conover and Kynard (1981), whose work demonstrated that sex was determined by environmental factors, and of Conover and Munch (2002), whose investigation showed multigenerational reductions in fish size after size-selective "fishing" in experimental tanks. Because the adults of this species are easy to spawn in captivity (Barkman and Beck, 1976;Middaugh and Lempesis, 1976), larvae have been the subject of laboratory studies for decades. However, surprisingly, the larval ecology of this species in the field is poorly known.…”

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First assessment of the field ecology of larval Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia)

Lopez¹,

Puggioni²,

Bengtson³

2016

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Abstract-The Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) is extremely abundant in estuaries in eastern North America, is a significant component of food webs, and is the subject of many laboratory studies; however, the ecology of the larvae of this species in estuaries is poorly known. Using 4 simple collecting gears, we sampled Atlantic silverside larvae in 2 estuaries in Rhode Island that differ in anthropogenic inputs, Pettaquamscutt River estuary and Point Judith Pond, to assess the distribution and abundance of larvae of this species. These larvae occur predominantly in waters less than 1 m deep and are patchily distributed. Larvae collected at depths of 0.2-0.6 m were significantly shorter than those collected at depths of 0.6-0.8 m-a difference in mean total length of ~2 mm. We also compared diets and growth rates of larvae in the 2 estuaries, using gut content analysis and otolith analysis, respectively. Copepod eggs made up 76% of the diet of larval Atlantic silverside in Pettaquamscutt River, whereas copepod nauplii made up 73% of their diet in Point Judith Pond. Growth rates of the larvae did not differ between estuaries.

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First assessment of the field ecology of larval Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia)

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Puggioni²,

Bengtson³

2016

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“…Groups of tens to hundreds of adults spawn clusters of thousands of eggs on shallow water vegetation (Conover & Kynard 1984). Eggs take roughly 1 week to hatch at 21°C, but this incubation period is negatively correlated with water temperate (Austin, Sosnow & Hickey 1975). After hatching, the larvae and juveniles grow quickly and reach adult size prior to offshore migration in the fall; over-winter survival is highly size-dependent (Conover & Murawski 1982;Conover & Present 1990;Munch, Mangel & Conover 2003).…”

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Sustained costs of growth and the trajectory of recovery

Perez

Munch

2014

Functional Ecology

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Summary1. Large body size is associated with many fitness advantages. Despite this, most species do not grow at their physiological maximum, suggesting costs to rapid growth. There are now many empirical examples of trade-offs with growth. 2. Despite the ubiquity of physiological delays, few studies have evaluated the duration over which growth costs occur. To address this question, we measured swimming ability in growthmanipulated Atlantic silversides (Menidia menidia). Fish were manipulated to grow at their maximum for 2 weeks and then were put on restricted rations, so they grew slowly. We then compared swimming ability with fish that had always grown slowly. 3. Fast-grown fish had significantly poorer swimming ability and continued to show a prolonged cost of this early period of rapid growth. We found that fish fully recovered normal swimming ability after~1 month of growing slowly. Most surprisingly, the trajectory of recovery was not monotonic; performance actually decreased before it improved. 4. We conclude with a suggestion to develop a better understanding of the mechanisms linking growth to performance trade-offs. Our results suggest that reduced swimming performance following fast growth is unlikely to be completely explained by bioenergetic constraints. Additionally, there is need for more nuanced life-history theory that incorporates prolonged growth costs to increase accuracy of growth rate prediction.

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“…For example, direct variations in lunar light intensity, from illumination as low as 1.25 × 10 −5 μ E m −2 s −1 (new moon or starlight) to 2.99 × 10 −3 μ E m −2 s −1 (zenith of full moon), are postulated to cause shifts in lunar rhythms in the spawning of marine organisms on a global basis, including echinoids ( Diadema spp. [ Muthiga , 2003; Coppard and Campbell , 2005]), annelids (palolo worms [ Caspers , 1984; Olive et al , 2005]), and fish [ Austin et al , 1975; Gladstone , 2007; Pisingan and Takemura , 2007].…”

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Lunar banding in the scleractinian coral Montastraea faveolata: Fine‐scale structure and influence of temperature

Winter

Sammarco

2010

J. Geophys. Res.

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[1] Lunar cycles play an important role in controlling biological rhythms in many organisms, including hermatypic corals. Coral spawning is correlated with environmental factors, including surface seawater temperature (SST) and lunar phase. Calcium carbonate skeletons of corals possess minute structures that, when viewed via X-radiography, produce high-density (HD) annual banding patterns. Some corals possess dissepiments that serve as the microstructural base for upward corallite growth. Here we report the results of detailed structural analysis of the skeleton of Montastraea faveolata (Scleractinia) (Ellis and Solander, 1786) and quantify the number of dissepiments that occur between HD bands, including interannual and intercorallite variability. Using a 30 year database, spanning from 1961 to 1991, we confirm earlier speculation by several authors that the frequencies of these microbands within a year is tightly linked to the lunar cycle. We also demonstrate that the frequency distribution of the number of these dissepiments per year is skewed to lower numbers. Extensive statistical analyses of long-term daily SST records (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez) revealed that precipitation of dissepiments is suppressed in years of cooler-than-average seawater temperature. We propose that dissepiment deposition is driven primarily by lunar cycle and seawater temperature, particularly at lower temperatures, and banding is generally unaffected by normal or high temperatures. These fine-scale banding patterns are also strongly correlated with the number of lunar months between reproductive spawning events in average or warmer-than-average seawater temperature years. This microbanding may represent another proxy for high-resolution estimates of variance in marine palaeo-temperatures, particularly during cooler SST years.Citation: Winter, A., and P. W. Sammarco (2010), Lunar banding in the scleractinian coral Montastraea faveolata: Fine-scale structure and influence of temperature,

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The Effects of Temperature on the Development and Survival of the Eggs and Larvae of the Atlantic Silverside, Menidia menidia

Cited by 10 publications

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First assessment of the field ecology of larval Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia)

First assessment of the field ecology of larval Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia)

Sustained costs of growth and the trajectory of recovery

Lunar banding in the scleractinian coral Montastraea faveolata: Fine‐scale structure and influence of temperature

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