Reproductive effort in terms of fecundity and energy allocation was studied in Ophryotrocha labronica La Greca and Bacci, 1962 a small, semicontinuous iteroparous species. In O. labronica fecundity is more or less constant throughout life, and the total fecundity of the 64 couples examined in this experiment only declined by 12% from the first to the last spawning. No linear relationship was found between fecundity and body size. The energy content of germinal and somatic tissues was determined by differential scanning calorimeter. The reproductive effort and a reproductive index based on the fifth spawning were evaluated to compare the patterns of energy allocation of a semicontinuous iteroparous species with semelparous and annual iteroparous species. The reproductive index ranged from 0.20 to 0.77, with an average of 0.480. The average reproductive effort was 0.840, ranging from 0.60 to 0.96. These figures highlight the enormous amount of energy that O. labronica allocates to reproductive tissues.

Fecundity and reproductive effort in Ophryotrocha labronica (Polychaeta : Dorvilleidae) / Cassai, C; Prevedelli, Daniela. - In: MARINE BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0025-3162. - ELETTRONICO. - 133:(1999), pp. 489-494.

Fecundity and reproductive effort in Ophryotrocha labronica (Polychaeta : Dorvilleidae)

PREVEDELLI, Daniela
1999

Abstract

Reproductive effort in terms of fecundity and energy allocation was studied in Ophryotrocha labronica La Greca and Bacci, 1962 a small, semicontinuous iteroparous species. In O. labronica fecundity is more or less constant throughout life, and the total fecundity of the 64 couples examined in this experiment only declined by 12% from the first to the last spawning. No linear relationship was found between fecundity and body size. The energy content of germinal and somatic tissues was determined by differential scanning calorimeter. The reproductive effort and a reproductive index based on the fifth spawning were evaluated to compare the patterns of energy allocation of a semicontinuous iteroparous species with semelparous and annual iteroparous species. The reproductive index ranged from 0.20 to 0.77, with an average of 0.480. The average reproductive effort was 0.840, ranging from 0.60 to 0.96. These figures highlight the enormous amount of energy that O. labronica allocates to reproductive tissues.
1999
133
489
494
Fecundity and reproductive effort in Ophryotrocha labronica (Polychaeta : Dorvilleidae) / Cassai, C; Prevedelli, Daniela. - In: MARINE BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0025-3162. - ELETTRONICO. - 133:(1999), pp. 489-494.
Cassai, C; Prevedelli, Daniela
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