Larval settlement and metamorphosis of the mussel Mytilus coruscus in response to natural biofilms
| Autor: | Yi-Feng Li, Xiao Liang, Heding Shen, Sheng-Li Cai, Zhong-Qi Gu, Yun Ling, Jin-Long Yang, Chong Wang, Wei-Yang Bao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Chlorophyll a
Time Factors media_common.quotation_subject Zoology Aquatic Science Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology chemistry.chemical_compound Dry weight parasitic diseases Animals Metamorphosis Ecosystem Water Science and Technology media_common Diatoms Mytilus Larva biology Bacteria Ecology fungi Biofilm Metamorphosis Biological Mussel biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition biology.organism_classification Diatom chemistry Mytilus coruscus Biofilms |
| Zdroj: | Biofouling. 28(3) |
| ISSN: | 1029-2454 |
| Popis: | Settlement and metamorphosis of pediveliger larvae of Mytilus coruscus in response to natural biofilms was investigated in the laboratory. Pediveliger larvae settled and metamorphosed in response to biofilms and post-larval settlement and metamorphosis increased with biofilm age. The activity of the biofilm was positively correlated with biofilm age, dry weight, bacterial density and diatom density, but had no apparent relationship with chlorophyll a concentration. The change in bacterial community composition corresponding to biofilm age may explain differences in the age-dependent inducing activities of biofilms, which in turn may play an important role in larval settlement in this species. |
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