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Colony regeneration following damage and size-dependent mortality in the Australian ascidian Podoclavella moluccensis Sluiter
| Title: | Colony regeneration following damage and size-dependent mortality in the Australian ascidian Podoclavella moluccensis Sluiter. |
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| Name(s): |
Davis, A. R., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1988 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 18 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3353826 (digitool), FADT3353826 (IID), fau:6633 (fedora), 10.1016/0022-0981(88)90047-0 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Among colonial marine invertebrates, early phases of the life history might be expected to be more susceptible to attacks by predators. By inflicting damage to animals and using caging and tethering manipulations, I examine the potential and real impact of predators on colonies and single-zooid recruits of the subtidal ascidian Podoclavella moluccensis Sluiter. Juvenile colonies (< 3 months old) disappeared within 4 wk of the experimental removal of zooids and tunic, indicating that they were highly susceptible to predators. Colonies of 11 months age, on the other hand, regenerated rapidly; within 36 days colony size and zooid height were indistinguishable from those of undamaged controls. The final published version of this manuscript is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00220981 and may be cited as: Davis, A. R. (1988). Colony regeneration following damage and size-dependent mortality in the Australian ascidian Podoclavella moluccensis Sluiter. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 123(3), 269-285. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(88)90047-0 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #658. |
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| Subject(s): |
Ascidians Sea squirts--Australia Predation (Biology) Mortality Animal colonies |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353826 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(88)90047-0 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1988 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
