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The effect of photoperiod on the timing of larval release in the Mediterranean brood-care polychaete Eupolymnia nebulosa (Terebellida)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2004

Christian Nozais ,
Jean Claude Duchêne ,
François Charles  and
Sébastien Mas
Christian Nozais
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER), Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 Allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1, Canada
Jean Claude Duchêne
Affiliation:
Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), CNRS UMR 7621, BP 44, Banyuls-sur-Mer, F-66651. France
François Charles
Affiliation:
Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), CNRS UMR 7621, BP 44, Banyuls-sur-Mer, F-66651. France
Sébastien Mas
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER), Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 Allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1, Canada
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Abstract

The effect of light–dark cycle on the timing of larval release from jelly masses of the Mediterranean polychaete Eupolymnia nebulosa (Terebellida) was investigated. The larval emergence from the jelly mass occurs mainly during daylight. Results suggest that the larvae of E. nebulosa do not track the light–dark cycle endogenously.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 1227 - 1228
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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