Effects of temperature-induced variation in anuran larval growth rate on head width and leg length at metamorphosis

Oecologia ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 358-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Blouin ◽  
Sebastian T. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Head Width ◽  
Leg Length ◽  
Larval Growth Rate ◽  
Effects Of Temperature ◽  
Induced Variation

scholarly journals Contribution of larval growth rate vairability to the recruitment of the Bay of Málaga anchovy (SW Mediterranean) during 2000-2001 spawning seasons

2003 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto García ◽  
Dolores Cortés ◽  
Teodoro Ramírez ◽  
Ana Giráldez ◽  
Ángel Carpena
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Larval Growth Rate

Snow-induced changes in dwarf birch chemistry increase moth larval growth rate and level of herbivory

Polar Biology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 693-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikaela Torp ◽  
Johan Olofsson ◽  
Johanna Witzell ◽  
Robert Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Larval Growth Rate ◽  
Dwarf Birch ◽  
Induced Changes

scholarly journals Evolution of reduced pre-adult viability and larval growth rate in laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster selected for shorter development time

2000 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. G. PRASAD ◽  
MALLIKARJUN SHAKARAD ◽  
VISHAL M. GOHIL ◽  
V. SHEEBA ◽  
M. RAJAMANI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Development Time ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Relative Reduction ◽  
Larval Growth Rate ◽  
Laboratory Populations ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Faster Development

Four large (n > 1000) populations of Drosophila melanogaster, derived from control populations maintained on a 3 week discrete generation cycle, were subjected to selection for fast development and early reproduction. Egg to eclosion survivorship and development time and dry weight at eclosion were monitored every 10 generations. Over 70 generations of selection, development time in the selected populations decreased by approximately 36 h relative to controls, a 20% decline. The difference in male and female development time was also reduced in the selected populations. Flies from the selected populations were increasingly lighter at eclosion than controls, with the reduction in dry weight at eclosion over 70 generations of selection being approximately 45% in males and 39% in females. Larval growth rate (dry weight at eclosion/development time) was also reduced in the selected lines over 70 generations, relative to controls, by approximately 32% in males and 24% in females. However, part of this relative reduction was due to an increase in growth rate of the controls populations, presumably an expression of adaptation to conditions in our laboratory. After 50 generations of selection had elapsed, a considerable and increasing pre- adult viability cost to faster development became apparent, with viability in the selected populations being about 22% less than that of controls at generation 70 of selection.

Latitudinal cline of larval growth rate and its proximate mechanisms in a rhinoceros beetle

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1577-1588
Author(s):  
Wataru Kojima ◽  
Tatsunori Nakakura ◽  
Ayumi Fukuda ◽  
Chung‐Ping Lin ◽  
Masahiro Harada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Latitudinal Cline ◽  
Proximate Mechanisms ◽  
Rhinoceros Beetle ◽  
Larval Growth Rate

The evolution of adult body size in black-bellied salamanders (Desmognathus quadramaculatus complex)

2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 1712-1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos D Camp ◽  
Jeremy L Marshall ◽  
Richard M Austin, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Larval Period ◽  
Moisture Level ◽  
Adult Body Size ◽  
Larval Growth Rate ◽  
Size At Metamorphosis ◽  
Adult Body ◽  
Desmognathus Quadramaculatus

We investigated the possible role of environmental variables in determining body size within a complex of salamander species (Desmognathus quadramaculatus). We analyzed data generated from life-history studies on populations from throughout the range of this species complex. We incorporated an alternative-hypothesis framework (sensu Platt) to determine the better predictor of adult body size, age at maturity, or size at metamorphosis. We found that almost 90% of the variation in adult body size was explained by size at metamorphosis, which was determined by a combination of rate of larval growth and length of the larval period. Environmental temperature and moisture level were positively correlated with larval growth rate and length of the larval period, respectively. We propose a simple model of body-size evolution that incorporates both adaptive and plastic components. We suggest that the length of the larval period may adaptively respond to moisture-level predictability. In addition, we suggest that the response of the larval growth rate to temperature may be plastic. Because the selection pressure due to drying-induced mortality is pervasive among species of amphibians, it may have played a role in shaping body-size radiation in desmognathines as well as the ecological structure of Appalachian streamside communities.

Reproductive Strategies of Demersal and Pelagic Spawning Fish

1984 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1565-1569 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. Lambert ◽  
D. M. Ware
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Reproductive Strategies ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Clupea Harengus ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Bet Hedging ◽  
Atlantic Mackerel ◽  
Larval Growth Rate ◽  
Mouth Size ◽  
The Relationship

The spawning tactic of herring (Clupea harengus) wherein batches of eggs are deposited leading to a succession of larval cohorts is elaborated. We found the time interval between cohorts to be a function of larval growth rate as well as larval mouth size. In view of the relationship with growth rate we suggest a continuum of reproductive strategies with "bet hedging" by herring at one extreme and an "all at once" egg release by Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) at the other.

Larval growth in three sympatric Ambystoma salamander species: species differences and the effects of temperature

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 1043-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Hubert Keen ◽  
Joseph Travis ◽  
John Juilianna
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Predator Avoidance ◽  
Species Differences ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Ambystoma Tigrinum ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Effects Of Temperature ◽  
Behavioral Mechanisms ◽  
Salamander Species

Differences in the larval growth of three Ambystoma salamander species that breed in close proximity to each other in space and time in north Florida were investigated under standardized regimes of controlled food levels and temperature. The order of species growth rates was as follows: Ambystoma tigrinum > A. talpoideum > A. opacum. This order is exactly the reverse of the order in which the species breed. Growth of A. talpoideum larvae was strongly dependent on temperature, whereas A. opacum larval growth was only weakly affected by temperature. Based on these growth rate differences, it is unlikely that A. talpoideum larvae could survive to metamorphosis without special behavioral mechanisms for predator avoidance in habitats with the rapidly growing predatory A. tigrinum larvae. Furthermore, A. opacum larvae would be favored in their growth over those of A. talpoideum at low temperature, while the reverse would be true at higher temperature.

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