Feeding by Chaetognatha: energy balance and importance of various components of the diet of Sagitta elegans

Feeding by Chaetognatha: energy balance and importance of various components of the diet of Sagitta elegans

890 E. Biological Oceanography 81:6719 Maurer, D. and W. Leathern, 1981. Petydlaete feeding ~ from Geoi~ges ~ USA. Mar. Biol., 62(2/3): 161-171. Fau...

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81:6719 Maurer, D. and W. Leathern, 1981. Petydlaete feeding ~ from Geoi~ges ~ USA. Mar. Biol., 62(2/3): 161-171. Fauchald and Jumars's feeding guild classification is examined using 408 quantitative samples. Six major guilds are discussed; significant associations occurred between 'feeding guilds and depth, dissolved oxygen, and mean phi and gravel.' Coll. of Mar. Studies. Univ. of Delaware. Lewes, Del. 19958, USA. (ahm) 81:6720 Menzie, C.A., 1981. ~ ecology of Clqcotop~ sylveslris (Fatckhts) (Dlplera: Chkoaomtdae) in a shallow estaarine cove. Limnol. Oceanogr., 26(3):467-481. Annual production of the predominant chironomid (80%) was 'conservatively estimated' at ~5.8 g dry wt m-2yr-~(one of the highest turnover ratios reported for the family). Larval biomass not removed by adult emergence was consumed by damselfly naiads, aquatic invertebrates and fish. EG&G, 151 Bear Hill Rd., Waltham, Mass. 02154. USA. (mwf) 81:6721 Nair, V.R., S.N. Gajbhiye and B.N. DesaL 1981. D i ~ of ~ in the ~ wd animllated waters amtmd Bombay [west Indlal. Indian J. mar. Sci, 10(1):66-69. National Inst. of Oeeanog., Versova, Bombay 400 061. India. 81:6722 Pearre, Sifford Jr., 1981. Feeding by ChaeWtpmtha: energy balance and iml~Ctmce of varteas components of the diet of S~itlta ~ Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Set., 5(1):45-54. Calculations of the energy content of [ood ingested by 3 developmental stages of S. elegans agree 'remarkably well with predictions based on respiratory requirements' (Feigenbaum, 1979). The oldest stage (mid-July) and the youngest stage (December) both experience energy deficits which correspond to heavy mortality periods in the population cycle (spawning and late hatching, respectively), Dept. of Oceanog., Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, N.S. B3H 4J 1. Canada. (ahm) 81:6723 Purcell, J.E., 19[

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Gastrozooid analysis of 646 hand-collected siphonophores revealed only fish larvae. R. eyserdmrdti feeding was spatially and temporally related to fish

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larvae abundance; under bloom conditions, fish mortality may be strongly affected. WHOI, Woods Hole, Mass. 02543, USA. (ahm)

E230. Crustacea 81:6724 Apostolov. Apostol, 1980. IPeatocietades jxmt/eus n.gen,, n.sp. and M k a ~ v i a / o q k m m i t t a n.gen.,

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the Black Sea.] Fragm. balc., 10(19):167-174. (in French, English abstract.) Ribno Stopanstvo, Direction aquacultures marines. 8000 Bourgas. Bulgaria. 81:6725 Benson, R.H., 1981. Form, function, and architecture of oslracode shells. A. Rev. Earth planet. Sci.. 9: 59-80. 'No one doubts that organisms are well designed." The problem is to explain how the design has evolved from the particular circumstances. Within the constraints of arthropod (ostracode) design, many possible architectures exist: the fact that only a few of these appear and still fewer are repeated over and over indicates 'an adherence to structural relationships yet to be defined....The answers are in the fossil record. Are we asking the right questions?" Ostracodes, which periodically shed and reconstruct their exoskeletons. 'working by anticipation of success within very narrow limits,' are ideal study organisms for mechanical functional morphology, the topic of this review. Dept. of Paleobiol0gy. Natl. Museum of Nat. Hist., Smithsonian Inst. Washington, D.C. 20560. USA. (sir) 81:6726 Boxshall, G.A., 1981. S ' ~ deevey~, a new b t l t k y l X ~ ~ ~ s l ~ t ! s of the f~mily Sallq~l~itldae (Copepcda: Peedlostomatoida) from the ~ Sea oil Berlaud~ Bull. mar. Sci., 31(2):307-311. Dept. of Zool.. British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Rd.. London SW7 5BD, UK. 81:6727 Chen, Huilian, 1980. Studies on the crabs [7 fares,, 26

genen~ 30 s~p.I of tile Xtala h t t a ~ G--.-aWIon8 Province, Chhta. II. Stud. mar. sin., 17:117-147. (In Chinese, English abstract.) Inst. of Oceanol., Academia Sinica, People's Republic of China.

81:6728 Doyle, R.W. and Wayne Hunte, 1981. Genetic changes in 'fitness' and yield of a ems~cean