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Effect of temperature on growth and maturation pattern of Caprella mutica (Crustacea, Amphipoda): does the temperature–size rule function in caprellids?

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Many ectothermal marine animals mature at larger sizes in lower temperature environments and at smaller sizes in higher temperature environments. This phenomenon is called the temperature–size rule. To examine whether this rule controls the appearance of large adults in a winter population of caprellids, individuals of Caprella mutica were reared at different temperatures. Caprellids at 5°C died at instar III before they reached maturity. In contrast, the animals reared at 10, 15 and 20°C lived to higher instars and reached maturity within their lifetime. Somatic growth pattern did not change between 10 and 20°C. Maturation instar of males was not affected by temperature. This indicates that the appearance of large adults in winter is not a result of a change in somatic growth pattern with temperature change. However, female maturation size becomes larger due to a delay in maturation at lower temperature. This, in turn, indicates that the temperature–size rule plays a role in the mechanism controlling the appearance of large female adults in winter populations.

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Acknowledgments

Sincerest thanks are extended to Yoetu Arashida and Kiyoshi Nomura (Usujiri Fisheries Laboratory of Hokkaido University) for their field assistance and to Chieko Yamada and Youko Uozumi for kindness and help in laboratory works. Thanks are also extended to S. H. Tanaka and K. Steffy (Iwate University) for critically reading earlier versions of manuscripts. I thank anonymous reviewers for their patient review and helpful comments to improve this manuscript.

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Hosono, T. Effect of temperature on growth and maturation pattern of Caprella mutica (Crustacea, Amphipoda): does the temperature–size rule function in caprellids?. Mar Biol 158, 363–370 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1564-8

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