The relative magnitude of the effects of biological and physical settlement cues for cypris larvae of the acorn barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides L

Barnacle cypris larvae respond to many cues when selecting a settlement site. The settlement of over a million larvae on tiles of different textures, orientations and densities of incumbent settlers was measured on the rocky intertidal at Great Cumbrae, Scotland. Half of the tiles were replaced ever...

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Published in:Biofouling (Chur, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2009-01, Vol.25 (1), p.35-44
Main Authors: Prendergast, Gabrielle S., Zurn, Constanze M., Bers, A. Valeria, Head, Ritchie M., Hansson, Lars J., Thomason, Jeremy C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
barnacle
Behavior, Animal
Cues
Cypris
density
Environment
Geologic Sediments
gregarious
Larva - physiology
Marine
Marine Biology
orientation
path analysis
Scotland
Seawater
Semibalanus balanoides
Species Specificity
Surface Properties
texture
Thoracica - physiology
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Summary:Barnacle cypris larvae respond to many cues when selecting a settlement site. The settlement of over a million larvae on tiles of different textures, orientations and densities of incumbent settlers was measured on the rocky intertidal at Great Cumbrae, Scotland. Half of the tiles were replaced every tide whereas the others simultaneously accumulated settlers. Factor effects varied on each tide, and converged in the accumulating deployment. Increasing incumbent density led to net loss of settlement, which was less probable on the textures on which fastest settlment occurred ('very fine'), and more probable on those on which settlement was slowest ('smooth'). More settlement occurred on down-facing orientations during daylight and vice versa. Cue ranks were non-linear, so a path analysis model quantified the relative influence of each factor. Gregariousness was the most influential cue measured, although unmeasured factors had greater effects, highlighting the complexity of settlement influences in this species.
ISSN:0892-7014
1029-2454
DOI:10.1080/08927010802444267