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Eggs from laboratory spawnings of the coralreef fish Siganus randalli Woodland were incubated at two temperatures (27 and 30 °C). Eggs and larvae were sampled until larval starvation, while changes in oxygen consumption, growth, yolk utilization, and development were monitored. Oxygen consumption, which peaked at hatching, was higher for embryos incubated at 30 °C than at 27 °C. Rates of oxygen consumption (nl h-1 individual-1) at hatching were similar to those for other temperate and tropical species. Rates of oxygen consumption by yolk-sac larvae were highly variable, and these data suggest that larval oxygen consumption prior to yolk-sac absorption may not be significantly influenced by temperature. Rates of yolk depletion were higher for larvae at the higher temperature. After an initial rapid increase in length, length of larvae at 30 °C decreased with age. Egg size, egg weight, and maximum notochord length of larvae differed significantly between spawns. Age-specific oxygen consumption rates by the embryos varied between spawns, but regressions describing oxygen consumption as a function of age did not differ significantly. The initiation and completion of eye pigmentation were used as developmental markers to calculate the amount of yolk remaining for larvae at the different temperatures. Larvae maintained at 30 °C completed eye pigmentation approximately 3 h sooner than those maintained at 27 °C, but had less endogenous reserves. This finding indicates a trade-off between rapid development and efficient utilization of the endogenous reserves. The completion of eye pigmentation in larvae incubated at the higher temperature occurred at midnight and, depending on the amount of time that the larvae have to initiate feeding prior to the “point-of-no-return”, the timing of completion of eye pigmentation could influence larval survival.
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Collins, L.A., Nelson, S.G. Effects of temperature on oxygen consumption, growth, and development of embryos and yolk-sac larvae of Siganus randalli (Pisces: Siganidae). Marine Biology 117, 195–204 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345663
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