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The influence of temperature over 8 time intervals on survival of cleavage stages, trochophore larvae, and straighthinge veliger larvae of Mulinia lateralis (Say) was investigated using a thermal gradient apparatus. There was a direct relationship of mortality with increased period of exposure. As the clams aged, temperature tolerance increased, with cleavage stages being most sensitive to higher temperatures and straight-hinge larvae least sensitive. Multiple-regression equations were developed to allow prediction of percentage mortalities under different conditions of temperature and time exposure. Entrainment of M. lateralis embryos and larvae in the cooling-water systems of steam-electric power plants should be as short as possible to keep mortality toa minimum.
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Communicated by J. Bunt, Miami
Contribution No. 550 of the Natural Resources Institute, University of Maryland, and Contribution No. 531 of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
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Kennedy, V.S., Roosenburg, W.H., Zion, H.H. et al. Temperature-time relationships for survival of embryos and larvae of Mulinia lateralis (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Marine Biology 24, 137–145 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00389348
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