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The relation between the dimensions of the cirral net, the beat frequency and the size and age of the animal in Balanus balanoides and Elminius modestus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

D.J. Crisp  and
F.J. Maclean
D.J. Crisp
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW
F.J. Maclean
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW
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Abstract

The expected allometry between the linear cirral length and animal volume or weight for isometry should be 0·33; similarly the rate of beating, db/dt, might also be expected to increase as −0·33 with volume. The average allometry index of cirral length is less in both Balanus balanoides (0·22–0·23) and in Elminius modestus (0·27–0·32). The segment numbers also rise less than expected.

The rate of beat in Balanus balanoides correlates well with size (-0·28) and with temperature with a correlation coefficient of 0·898, significant for both variables. For a group of 11 species the relation between maximum rate of beating and size over 5 decades gives an approximate allometry of −0·24 which is also less than the expected −0·33 for an isometric linear appendage moving at constant velocity. It is suggested that the approximately reciprocal allometry index between cirral beating rate (−0·28) and cirral length (+0·22) may be mutually compensating, resulting in the cirri moving through the water at a constant rate during the growth of the animal. This rate may maximise the chance of prey being captured.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , August 1990 , pp. 505 - 514
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1990

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