Growth and longevity of Exosphaeroma hylocoetes (Isopoda) under varying conditions of salinity and temperature
- Authors: Henninger, Tony O , Froneman, P William , Booth, Anthony J , Hodgson, Alan N
- Date: 2010
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124571 , vital:35630 , https://doi.org/10.3377/004.045.0118
- Description: Numerous studies have documented the importance of both temperature and salinity in influencing aquatic crustacean metabolic processes such as respiration and growth. For example, increased water temperatures have been shown to increase respiration rates in various species of shrimp (Chen & Nan 1993; Spanonopoulos-Hernándeza et al. 2005; Allan et al. 2006), and copepods (Isla & Perissinotto 2004). The response of invertebrates to changes in salinity is more complex, largely reflecting their evolutionary origins (Kinne 1966). For example, juvenile blue swimming crabs, Portunus pelagicus, displayed significantly faster growth and higher survival in response to increasingsalinity (Romano & Zeng 2006). Additional factors that may influence the growth rates of crustaceans include photoperiod (Gambardella et al. 1997), food availability (Shuster & Guthrie 1999) and sex (Newman et al. 2007).
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- Date Issued: 2010
Growth and longevity of Exosphaeroma hylocoetes (Isopoda) under varying conditions of salinity and temperature
- Authors: Henninger, Tony O , Froneman, P William , Booth, Anthony J , Hodgson, Alan N
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/446784 , vital:74560 , https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2010.11657253
- Description: The effect of temperature (15 and 25°C) and salinity (15 and 35 practical salinity units) combinations on the growth and longevity of the South African estuarine isopod Exosphaeroma hylocoetes was investigated and data analysed using the logistic growth model. No significant differences (P = 0.43 to 0.54) were obtained for the growth rates of male and female E. hylocoetes under the suite of temperature/salinity combinations. Among the variables considered, temperature was identified as the most important in influencing the growth rates of the isopod. Elevated temperatures promoted faster initial growth in both males and females. Salinity had no significant influence on the growth rates of males and females. Males (25.77 ± 3.40 weeks) lived significantly longer (P 0.001) than females (21.52 ± 3.00 weeks), allowing males (8.08 ± 0.25 mm mean body length) to attain a significantly larger size than females (6.59 ± 0.25 mm) under experimental conditions. Females, however, attained sexual maturity (at 2.5 mm body length) 2–4 weeks earlier than males (5.5 mm in length). It is suggested that the faster growth rates at the higher temperature/salinity combinations allow the isopod to reach sexual maturity at an earlier stage than those at the lower combinations.
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- Date Issued: 2010
Some life-history parameters of the non-native amphipod Platorchestia platensis (Talitridae) in a warm temperate South African estuary
- Authors: Hodgson, Alan N , Booth, Anthony J , David-Engelbrecht, Viginia , Henninger, Tony O
- Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/126976 , vital:35940 , https://doi.10.1080/0035919X.2014.941961
- Description: Density, population structure, growth, mortality and aspects of reproduction of the non-native amphipod Platorchestia platensis were studied for 20 consecutive months (October 2008 to May 2010) in the supralittoral wrack of the Knysna Estuary, South Africa. Amphipod density varied over the sampling period with the lowest numbers recorded in summer (January and February). Ovigerous females with embryos, and juveniles were found in most months with peaks in recruitment found in both April and October, suggesting that in Knysna this species is a biannual breeder. Average female size was significantly greater in winter, with larger females tending to brood more embryos. The largest adults (13.5 mm total length) were always male although the monthly sex ratio was nearly always female biased. Growth rate estimated from a cohort analysis was about 1 mm per month and monthly survival about 69%. The ability to reproduce all year round may be one reason why this introduced species has become established within this warm temperate estuary.
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- Date Issued: 2014