THE EFFECTS OF ILLUMINATION, FOOD AND SYMBIONTS ON GROWTH OF THE SEA-ANEMONE ANTHOPLEURA-ELEGANTISSIMA (BRANDT, 1835) .2. CLONAL GROWTH

Authors
TSUCHIDA CB POTTS DC
Citation
Cb. Tsuchida et Dc. Potts, THE EFFECTS OF ILLUMINATION, FOOD AND SYMBIONTS ON GROWTH OF THE SEA-ANEMONE ANTHOPLEURA-ELEGANTISSIMA (BRANDT, 1835) .2. CLONAL GROWTH, Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 183(2), 1994, pp. 243-258
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Ecology
Journal title
Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220981
Volume
183
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
243 - 258
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0981(1994)183:2<243:TEOIFA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The effects of illumination, feeding regime and endosymbiotic algae on the clonal growth via asexual fission of the intertidal sea anemone A nthopleura elegantissima (Brandt, 1835) were examined in a 6 month fac torial laboratory experiment. Neither illumination nor symbionts had a significant effect on fission rate, but anemones fed three times a we ek divided significantly more often than unfed anemones. This result i s the opposite of previously published data, and possible explanations for how food may cue divisions in the field are discussed.