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Temperature/pressure tolerance of the first larval stage of Mirocaris fortunata from Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2000

P.A. Tyler
Affiliation:
School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, U.K.
D.R. Dixon
Affiliation:
George Deacon Division, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, U.K.

Abstract

Larvae of vent shrimp from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are known to disperse widely from the adult habitat. Experimental analysis of the temperature/pressure tolerance of the first zoeal stage of Mirocaris fortunata from the Lucky Strike vent field suggest that the upper limit of vertical distribution is determined by temperature. Conversely, the lower limit is controlled by the maximum pressure tolerance of the larvae.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
2000 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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