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Life history and environmental inference through retrospective morphometric analysis of bryozoans: a preliminary study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2001

Aaron O'Dea
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK, E-mail: aaronodea@yahoo.com
Beth Okamura
Affiliation:
School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 228, Reading, RG6 6AJ, UK

Abstract

A preliminary comparative analysis of colony growth and zooid size in the perennial bryozoan Flustra foliacea (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) reveals reduced colony growth in the Bay of Fundy relative to growth in the Menai Straits and the Skagerrak, while seasonal fluctuations in zooid size are in synchrony with temperature regimes. Such retrospective morphometric analyses may allow inferences of primary productivity and thermal regimes and provide insights into the life histories of both Recent and fossil bryozoans.

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

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