Growth rates and carbon and nitrogen contents of Carcinus maenas at metamorphosis to megalopa Norway and Spain reared in a laboratory experiment

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Autores principales: Torres, Gabriela, Geißel, Jan Phillipp, Espinosa-Novo, Noé, Harzsch, Steffen, Giménez, Luis
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author Torres, Gabriela
Geißel, Jan Phillipp
Espinosa-Novo, Noé
Harzsch, Steffen
Giménez, Luis
author_facet Torres, Gabriela
Geißel, Jan Phillipp
Espinosa-Novo, Noé
Harzsch, Steffen
Giménez, Luis
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Larvae of marine species with complex life cycles with wide latitudinal distribution ranges can differ not only in their thermal tolerance, but also in responses to temperature, such as growth rates and carbon or nitrogen accumulation. To assess population-specific growth rates, based on dry mass and carbon and nitrogen contents, we studied larval growth rates of the European shore crab Carcinus maenas across an environmental temperature gradient. We measured larval growth (day-1) from hatching to metamorphosis to megalopa at seven constant temperature treatments (9-27 °C, in 3 °C increments). Data represent experimental observations of larval dry mass, carbon and nitrogen contents under laboratory conditions and are reported at the level of replicates by females of each population. Replication was performed on two levels: 5 **10 larvae were reared per female, and 4 to 6 females were used per population. Larvae originated from berried females collected from populations at the southern and northern parts of the native European distribution (Vigo, Spain; Bergen and Trondheim, Norway). The data were collected during one reproductive period in 2022. Growth rates were low at low temperatures and increased with temperature, reaching a plateau at 21 °C. This increase in growth coincided with a reduction in duration of development, leading to similar body mass at metamorphosis across temperature treatments. Contrastingly, at the high temperature treatments 24°C and 27°C, reductions in duration of development did not coincide with increased growth rates, hence larvae metamorphosed with reduced body mass.
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spellingShingle Growth rates and carbon and nitrogen contents of Carcinus maenas at metamorphosis to megalopa Norway and Spain reared in a laboratory experiment
Torres, Gabriela
Geißel, Jan Phillipp
Espinosa-Novo, Noé
Harzsch, Steffen
Giménez, Luis
Analytical Balance, Sartorius, MCA2.7S-2S00-M [precision 1 μg]; Austevoll, Norway; Carcinus_maenas_Bergen_2022_1; Carcinus_maenas_Bergen_2022_2; Carcinus_maenas_Bergen_2022_3; Carcinus_maenas_Trondheim_2022_1; Carcinus_maenas_Trondheim_2022_2; Carcinus_maenas_Trondheim_2022_3; Carcinus_maenas_Vigo_2022; Carcinus maenas, carbon/nitrogen ratio; Carcinus maenas, carbon content per individual; Carcinus maenas, carbon content per individual, initial; Carcinus maenas, dry mass per individual; Carcinus maenas, dry mass per individual, initial; Carcinus maenas, female; Carcinus maenas, growth rate; Carcinus maenas, nitrogen content per individual; Carcinus maenas, nitrogen content per individual, initial; CHSN Elemental Analyser, Vario EL Cube, Elementar, Langenselbold, Germany; Date/time end, experiment; Date/time start, experiment; Development, duration; HAND; intraspecific trait variation; Laboratory experiment; larval performance; latitudinal variation; Location; Number; phenotypic physiological plasticity; Reference in WoRMS; Sampling by hand; Species, unique identification; Species, unique identification (Semantic URI); Species, unique identification (URI); thermal tolerance; Treatment: temperature; Trondheim, Norway; Type of study; Vigo, Spain; WoRMS
Larvae of marine species with complex life cycles with wide latitudinal distribution ranges can differ not only in their thermal tolerance, but also in responses to temperature, such as growth rates and carbon or nitrogen accumulation. To assess population-specific growth rates, based on dry mass and carbon and nitrogen contents, we studied larval growth rates of the European shore crab Carcinus maenas across an environmental temperature gradient. We measured larval growth (day-1) from hatching to metamorphosis to megalopa at seven constant temperature treatments (9-27 °C, in 3 °C increments). Data represent experimental observations of larval dry mass, carbon and nitrogen contents under laboratory conditions and are reported at the level of replicates by females of each population. Replication was performed on two levels: 5 **10 larvae were reared per female, and 4 to 6 females were used per population. Larvae originated from berried females collected from populations at the southern and northern parts of the native European distribution (Vigo, Spain; Bergen and Trondheim, Norway). The data were collected during one reproductive period in 2022. Growth rates were low at low temperatures and increased with temperature, reaching a plateau at 21 °C. This increase in growth coincided with a reduction in duration of development, leading to similar body mass at metamorphosis across temperature treatments. Contrastingly, at the high temperature treatments 24°C and 27°C, reductions in duration of development did not coincide with increased growth rates, hence larvae metamorphosed with reduced body mass.
title Growth rates and carbon and nitrogen contents of Carcinus maenas at metamorphosis to megalopa Norway and Spain reared in a laboratory experiment
topic Analytical Balance, Sartorius, MCA2.7S-2S00-M [precision 1 μg]; Austevoll, Norway; Carcinus_maenas_Bergen_2022_1; Carcinus_maenas_Bergen_2022_2; Carcinus_maenas_Bergen_2022_3; Carcinus_maenas_Trondheim_2022_1; Carcinus_maenas_Trondheim_2022_2; Carcinus_maenas_Trondheim_2022_3; Carcinus_maenas_Vigo_2022; Carcinus maenas, carbon/nitrogen ratio; Carcinus maenas, carbon content per individual; Carcinus maenas, carbon content per individual, initial; Carcinus maenas, dry mass per individual; Carcinus maenas, dry mass per individual, initial; Carcinus maenas, female; Carcinus maenas, growth rate; Carcinus maenas, nitrogen content per individual; Carcinus maenas, nitrogen content per individual, initial; CHSN Elemental Analyser, Vario EL Cube, Elementar, Langenselbold, Germany; Date/time end, experiment; Date/time start, experiment; Development, duration; HAND; intraspecific trait variation; Laboratory experiment; larval performance; latitudinal variation; Location; Number; phenotypic physiological plasticity; Reference in WoRMS; Sampling by hand; Species, unique identification; Species, unique identification (Semantic URI); Species, unique identification (URI); thermal tolerance; Treatment: temperature; Trondheim, Norway; Type of study; Vigo, Spain; WoRMS
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.989514