Hatching of the eggs of Eulimnadia colombiensis (Branchiopoda) at different temperatures and regime of light

Chaves, Túlio Paiva; Couto, Erminda da Conceição Guerreiro

Abstract

Clam shrimps are small crustaceans typical of temporary ponds. To survive in these highly variable and unpredictable environments, they produce resistant eggs. These settle on the bottom of pools where they remain dormant, forming a cyst bank. We investigated the effects of light and temperature, both of which break the dormancy of Eulimnadia colombiensis eggs. Dormancy was not broken below 25°C, irrespective of the effect of light. Hatching was highest (27.8% of eggs) at 30°C in continuous light. Light also influenced the development of eggs, and some nauplii hatched spontaneously without drought stress. Methods are suggested for the cultivation of this species in tropical areas.

Clam shrimps; dormancy; egg production; environmental influence

Arnott, S.E.; Yan N.D.; Magnuson, J.J. and Frost, T.M. 1999. Interannual variability and species turnover of crustacean zooplankton in Shield lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56(1): 162-172.
Benvenuto, C.; Calabrese, A.; Reed, S. K. and Knott, B. 2009. Multiple hatching events in clam shrimp: Implications for mate guarding behaviour and community ecology. Current Science, 96(1): 130-136.
Brendonck, L. and L. De Meester. 2003. Egg banks in freshwater zooplankton: evolutionary and ecological archives in the sediment. Hydrobiologia, 491(1-3): 65-84.
Brendonck, L. 1996. Diapause, quiescence, hatching requirements: what we can learn from large freshwater branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca, Conchostraca). Hydrobiologia, 320(1): 85-97.
Cáceres, C.E. and Tessier, A.J. 2003. How long to rest: the ecology of optimal dormancy. Ecology, 84(5): 1189-1198.
Demeter, L. 2005. Spatial distribution patterns and conservation status of large branchiopods in the Ciuc Basin. Acta Biologica Debrecina Oecologica Hungarica, 13: 73-83.
Fryer, G. 1996. Diapause, a potent force in the evolution of freshwater crustaceans.Hydrobiologia, 320(1): 1-14.
Gyllstrom, M. and Hansson, L.A. 2004. Dormancy in freshwater zooplankton: Induction, termination and the importance of benthic-pelagic coupling. Aquatic Sciences, 66 (3): 274-295.
Hairston, N.G.; Dillon, T.A. and DeStasio, B.T. 1990. A field-test for the cues of diapause in a freshwater copepod. Ecology, 71(6): 2218-2223.
Hairston, N.G.; Jr Van Brun, R.A.; Kearns, C.M. and D.R. Engstrom. 1995. Age and survivorship of diapausing eggs in a sediment bank. Ecology, 76(6): 1706-1711.
King, O.D. and Masel, J. 2007. The evolution of bet-hedging adaptations to rare scenarios. Theoretical Population Biology, 72(4): 560-575.
Lopes, J.P.; Gurgel, H.C.B. and Pontes, C.S. 2011. Comportamento reprodutivo de Dendrocephalus brasiliensis, Pesta 1921 (Crustacea: Anostraca). Ciência Animal Brasileira, 12(4): 617-625.
Marcus, N.H. 1984. Variation in the diapause response of Labidocera aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida) from different latitudes and its importance in the evolutionary process. Biological Bulletin, 166(1): 127-139.
Marcus, V. and Weeks, S.C. 1997. The effects of pond duration on the life history traits of an ephemeral pond crustacean, Eulimnadia texana Hydrobiologia, 359(1-3): 213-221.
May, L. 1987. Effect of incubation temperature on the hatching of rotifer resting eggs collected from sediments. Hydrobiologia, 147(1): 335-338.
Melo, A.S. and Froehlich, C.G. 2001. Evaluation of methods for estimating macroinvertebrate species richness using individual stones in tropical streams. Freshwater Biology, 46(6): 711-721.
Pereira, G. and M. Gonzales. 1994. Larval development and population dynamics of Dendrocephalus geayi in temporary ponds from Venezuela. Crustaceana, 66(2): 163-177.
Rabet, N. 2010. Revision of the egg morphology of Eulimnadia (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata). Zoosystema, 32(3): 373-391.
Rabet, N. and Thiery, A. 1996. The neotropical genus Dendrocephalus (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Brazil (South America), with a description of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 30: 479-503.
Rogers, D.C.; Weeks, S.C. and Hoeh, W.R. 2010. A new species of Eulimnadia (Crustacea; Branchiopoda; Diplostraca; Spinicaudata) from North America. Zootaxa, 2413: 61-68.
Saiah, H. and Perrin, N. 1990. Autumnal vs Spring hatching in the fairy shrimp Siphonophanes grubii (Dybowski) (Crustacea, Anostraca): Diversified Bet-Hedging Strategy? Functional Ecology, 4(6): 769-775.
Sassaman, C. and Weeks. S. C. 1993. The genetic mechanism of sex determination in the Conchostracan shrimp Eulimnadia texana The American Naturalist,141(2): 314-328.
Schwartz, S.S. and Hebert, P.D.N. 1987. Methods for the activation of the resting eggs of Daphnia Freshwater Biology, 17(2): 373-379.
Seger, J. and Brockman, H.J. 1987. What is bet-hedging? Vol. 4, 182-211p. In: P.H. Harvey and L. Partridge (Eds), Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Simovich, M.A. and Hathaway, S.A. 1997. Diversified bet-hedging as a reproductive strategy of some ephemeral pool anostracans (Branchiopoda).Journal of Crustacean Biology, 17(1): 38-44.
Tejedo, M.; Duarte, H.; Gutiérrez-Pesquera, L.M.; Beltrán, J.F.; Katzenberger, M.; Marangoni, F.; Navas, C.A.; Nicieza, A.G.; Relyea, R.A.; Rezende, E.L.; Richter-Boix, A.; Santos, M.; Simon M. and Solé, M. 2012. El estudio de las tolerancias térmicas para el examen de hipótesis biogeográficas y de la vulnerabilidad de los orga hipótesis biogeográficas y de la vulnerabilidad de los organismos ante el calentamiento global. Ejemplos en anfíbios nismos ante el calentamiento global. Ejemplos en anfíbios. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española, 23(2): 2-27.
Vandekerkhove, J.; Declerck, S.; Brendonck, L.; Conde-Porcuna, J.M; Jeppesen, E. and De Meester, L. 2005. Hatching of cladoceran resting eggs: temperature and photoperiod. Freshwater Biology, 50(1): 96-104.
Weeks, S.C.; E.G. Chapman; D.C. Rogers; Senyo, D.M. and Hoeh, W.R. 2009. Evolutionary transitions amongdioecy, androdioecy and hermaphroditism in Limnadiid clam shrimp (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22(9): 1781-1799.
Weeks, S.C.; Marcus, V.; Salisbury, R.L. and Ott, D.W. 2002. Cyst development in the conchostracan shrimp, Eulimnadiatexana (Crustacea: Spinicaudata). Hydrobiologia, 486(3): 289-294.
Weeks, S.C.; Crosser, B.R. and Gray, M.M. 2001. Relative fitness of two hermaphroditic mating types in the androdioecious clam shrimp, Eulimnadia texana Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14(1): 83-94.
Weeks, S.C.; Marcus, V. and Alvarez, S. 1997 Notes on the life history of the clam shrimp, Eulimnadia texana Hydrobiologia, 359(1-3): 191-197.
Weeks, S.C.; Marcus, V. and Crosser, B.R. 1999. Inbreeding depression in a self-compatible, androdioecious crustacean, Eulimnadia texana Evolution, 53(2): 472-483.

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[2] Benvenuto, C.; Calabrese, A.; Reed, S. K. and Knott, B. 2009. Multiple hatching events in clam shrimp: Implications for mate guarding behaviour and community ecology. Current Science, 96(1): 130-136.

[3] Brendonck, L. and L. De Meester. 2003. Egg banks in freshwater zooplankton: evolutionary and ecological archives in the sediment. Hydrobiologia, 491(1-3): 65-84.

[4] Brendonck, L. 1996. Diapause, quiescence, hatching requirements: what we can learn from large freshwater branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca, Conchostraca). Hydrobiologia, 320(1): 85-97.

[5] Cáceres, C.E. and Tessier, A.J. 2003. How long to rest: the ecology of optimal dormancy. Ecology, 84(5): 1189-1198.

[6] Demeter, L. 2005. Spatial distribution patterns and conservation status of large branchiopods in the Ciuc Basin. Acta Biologica Debrecina Oecologica Hungarica, 13: 73-83.

[7] Fryer, G. 1996. Diapause, a potent force in the evolution of freshwater crustaceans.Hydrobiologia, 320(1): 1-14.

[8] Gyllstrom, M. and Hansson, L.A. 2004. Dormancy in freshwater zooplankton: Induction, termination and the importance of benthic-pelagic coupling. Aquatic Sciences, 66 (3): 274-295.

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[13] Marcus, N.H. 1984. Variation in the diapause response of Labidocera aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida) from different latitudes and its importance in the evolutionary process. Biological Bulletin, 166(1): 127-139.

[14] Marcus, V. and Weeks, S.C. 1997. The effects of pond duration on the life history traits of an ephemeral pond crustacean, Eulimnadia texana Hydrobiologia, 359(1-3): 213-221.

[15] May, L. 1987. Effect of incubation temperature on the hatching of rotifer resting eggs collected from sediments. Hydrobiologia, 147(1): 335-338.

[16] Melo, A.S. and Froehlich, C.G. 2001. Evaluation of methods for estimating macroinvertebrate species richness using individual stones in tropical streams. Freshwater Biology, 46(6): 711-721.

[17] Pereira, G. and M. Gonzales. 1994. Larval development and population dynamics of Dendrocephalus geayi in temporary ponds from Venezuela. Crustaceana, 66(2): 163-177.

[18] Rabet, N. 2010. Revision of the egg morphology of Eulimnadia (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata). Zoosystema, 32(3): 373-391.

[19] Rabet, N. and Thiery, A. 1996. The neotropical genus Dendrocephalus (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Brazil (South America), with a description of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 30: 479-503.

[20] Rogers, D.C.; Weeks, S.C. and Hoeh, W.R. 2010. A new species of Eulimnadia (Crustacea; Branchiopoda; Diplostraca; Spinicaudata) from North America. Zootaxa, 2413: 61-68.

[21] Saiah, H. and Perrin, N. 1990. Autumnal vs Spring hatching in the fairy shrimp Siphonophanes grubii (Dybowski) (Crustacea, Anostraca): Diversified Bet-Hedging Strategy? Functional Ecology, 4(6): 769-775.

[22] Sassaman, C. and Weeks. S. C. 1993. The genetic mechanism of sex determination in the Conchostracan shrimp Eulimnadia texana The American Naturalist,141(2): 314-328.

[23] Schwartz, S.S. and Hebert, P.D.N. 1987. Methods for the activation of the resting eggs of Daphnia Freshwater Biology, 17(2): 373-379.

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[27] Vandekerkhove, J.; Declerck, S.; Brendonck, L.; Conde-Porcuna, J.M; Jeppesen, E. and De Meester, L. 2005. Hatching of cladoceran resting eggs: temperature and photoperiod. Freshwater Biology, 50(1): 96-104.

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[29] Weeks, S.C.; Marcus, V.; Salisbury, R.L. and Ott, D.W. 2002. Cyst development in the conchostracan shrimp, Eulimnadiatexana (Crustacea: Spinicaudata). Hydrobiologia, 486(3): 289-294.

[30] Weeks, S.C.; Crosser, B.R. and Gray, M.M. 2001. Relative fitness of two hermaphroditic mating types in the androdioecious clam shrimp, Eulimnadia texana Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14(1): 83-94.

[31] Weeks, S.C.; Marcus, V. and Alvarez, S. 1997 Notes on the life history of the clam shrimp, Eulimnadia texana Hydrobiologia, 359(1-3): 191-197.

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