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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 130:71-84 (1996) - doi:10.3354/meps130071 Larval settlement, post-settlement growth and secondary production of the Florida lancelet (= amphioxus) Branchiostomafloridae Stokes MD A population of Branchiostomafloridae in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA was sieved from the substratum frequently (often daily) from June 1992 through September 1994. Body lengths were measured for 54264 juvenile and adult lancelets. The breeding season lasted each year from early May through early September, and newly metamorphosed lancelets settled as juveniles from late May through mid October; during this period of the year, distinct settlements occurred approximately every 1 to 3 wk. Post-settlement growth was followed as changes in modal length on size-frequency histograms. Changes in cohort growth over this period were compared to several different simple and seasonally oscillating growth models. The von Bertalanffy function, in simple and oscillating forms, provided the best estimates of lancelet growth. The lancelets grew in summer (almost 0.5 mm d-1 in recently settled juveniles), but growth slowed and almost ceased during winter. B. floridae can live at least 2 yr and can reach a maximum length of 58 mm. The maximal secondary production was 61.53 g m-2 yr-1 (ash-free dry weight) and the production to biomass ratio was 11.64. Population densities at the study site ranged from about 100 to 1200 lancelets m-2. Lancelet . Amphioxus . Branchiostoma floridae . Growth . Production . Breeding season . Larval settlement Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 130. Publication date: January 11, 1996 Print ISSN:0171-8630; Online ISSN:1616-1599 Copyright © 1996 Inter-Research.
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