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The Importance of Size-Dependent Processes in the Ecology of Deposit-Feeding Benthos

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Ecology of Marine Deposit Feeders

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies ((COASTAL,volume 31))

Abstract

What are the environmental and ontogenetic constraints that control the size-scaling of forni and function, and therefore energy gain and expenditure, in deposit-feeding invertebrates? How do these constraints interact to shape the ontogeny of an organism from larval recruit to reproductive adult.? Evolutionary theory predicts that natural selection can act at any point within the life cycle of an organism in order to increase the fitness of the individual (Calow, 1978). The comprehensive study of developmental changes in functional morphology and critical physiological rate processes should therefore provide valuable insights into the adaptation and design of deposit-feeding benthos.

Whenever we look at the functions of living organisms, we find that size is important and that a change in size has consequences that require appropriate adjustments or changes.... When animals meet constraints that set limits to further change in scale, discontinuities in design may solve the problem.

(Schmidt-Nielsen, 1984, p. 209).

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Forbes, T.L. (1989). The Importance of Size-Dependent Processes in the Ecology of Deposit-Feeding Benthos. In: Lopez, G., Taghon, G., Levinton, J. (eds) Ecology of Marine Deposit Feeders. Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies, vol 31. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7671-2_8

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