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Influence of temperature on the larval development of the edible crab, Cancer pagurus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Monika Weiss ,
Sven Thatje ,
Olaf Heilmayer ,
Klaus Anger ,
Thomas Brey  and
Martina Keller
Monika Weiss
Affiliation:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar-und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Sven Thatje*
Affiliation:
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, European Way, SO14 3ZH Southampton, United Kingdom
Olaf Heilmayer
Affiliation:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar-und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, European Way, SO14 3ZH Southampton, United Kingdom
Klaus Anger
Affiliation:
Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Stiftung Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, 27498 Helgoland, Germany
Thomas Brey
Affiliation:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar-und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Martina Keller
Affiliation:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar-und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Thatje, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, European Way, SO14 3ZH Southampton, United Kingdom email: svth@noc.soton.ac.uk
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Abstract

The influence of temperature on larval survival and development was studied in the edible crab, Cancer pagurus, from a population off the island of Helgoland, North Sea. In rearing experiments conducted at six different temperatures (6°, 10°, 14°, 15°, 18° and 24°C), zoeal development was only completed at 14° and 15°C. Instar duration of the Zoea I was negatively correlated with temperature. A model relating larval body mass to temperature and developmental time suggests that successful larval development is possible within a narrow temperature range (14° ± 3°C) only. This temperature optimum coincides with the highest citrate synthase activity found at 14°C. A comparison for intraspecific variability among freshly hatched zoeae from different females (CW 13–17 cm, N = 8) revealed that both body mass and elemental composition varied significantly. Initial larval dry weight ranged from 12.1 to 17.9 μg/individual, the carbon content from 4.6 to 5.8 μg/individual, nitrogen from 1.1 to 1.3 μg/individual, and the C:N ratio from 4.1 to 4.4. A narrow larval temperature tolerance range of C. pagurus as well as the indication of intraspecific variability in female energy allocation into eggs may indicate a potential vulnerability of this species to climate change. Large-scale studies on the ecological and physiological resilience potential of this commercially fished predator are needed.

Keywords

Brachyuraearly ontogenyedible crabelemental composition
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 89 , Issue 4 , June 2009 , pp. 753 - 759
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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