Scaling patterns in the Antarctic brachiopod Liothyrella uva (Broderip, 1833)

Peck, Lloyd S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-6791; Holmes, Lesley J.. 1989 Scaling patterns in the Antarctic brachiopod Liothyrella uva (Broderip, 1833). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 133 (1-2). 141-150. 10.1016/0022-0981(89)90163-9

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Abstract/Summary

Scaling patterns of shell thickness, shell volume, total animal volume, internal tissue volume and mantle cavity volume in the brachiopod Liothyrella uva (Broderip, 1833) were investigated in relation to shell length. Exponents from double logarithmic regressions were 0.66, 2.77, 3.12, 3.06 and 3.34, respectively. The coefficients 3.12 and 3.06 were not significantly different from a cubic relationship, but the exponents 2.77 (shell volume) and 3.34 (mantle cavity volume) were different from 3.00. The amount of shell material, therefore decreases in relation to other brachiopod tissues as animals grow, while the mantle cavity gets relatively larger. These results suggest that large brachiopods may suffer space constraints because of the volume needed to house the lophophore and this has implications for all aspects of the brachiopods life style. Data on ash-free dry weight (AFDW) assessments of shells from an early winter sample showed a slope of 2.78, which is consistent with the shell volume relationship. A sample from mid summer, however, produced a relationship which was different in large and small animals. In individuals < 31.3 mm in length the exponent was 2.73 (which was indistinguishable from the 2.78 for the winter sample); however, the exponent was 3.73 for animals greater than this. 31.3 mm was also the minimum length of brooding females in this study. These data indicate that the function of caeca changes when brachiopods become reproductive.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/0022-0981(89)90163-9
ISSN:	00220981
Additional Keywords:	ash-free dry weight, Brachiopod, Liothyrella, mantle cavity, scaling, volume
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences Biology and Microbiology
Date made live:	18 Oct 2018 13:04 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521296

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/0022-0981(89)90163-9

ISSN:

00220981

Additional Keywords:

ash-free dry weight, Brachiopod, Liothyrella, mantle cavity, scaling, volume

NORA Subject Terms:

Marine Sciences
Biology and Microbiology

Date made live:

18 Oct 2018 13:04 +0 (UTC)