Publication Date:
2020-07-24
Description:
he duration of embryonic development in Gammarus duebeni, obtusatus, setosus, lawrencianus, and oceanicus al various temperatures was found lo be related to the reproductive cycle. Slowest development at any temperature occurs in G. setosus which breeds in September and whose young hatch in the next spring. G. duebeni, obtusatus, and oceanicus mate in late autumn and their young are hatched in the next spring; they have a faster rale of development. G. lawrencianus has the fastest rate of development at any temperature; it breeds in January and the young hatch in the spring. The rate of development is correlated with the size of egg.
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Article
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PeerReviewed
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