Energy metabolism during development of the antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri

• Main Authors: Podolsky, R, Virtue, P, Hamilton, T, Vavra, J, Manahan, D
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: US Dept of Commerce 1994
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); Antarctic; McClintock; McMurdo Sound; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ecite.utas.edu.au/90447

Little is known about the developmental physiology of lar-al forms of antarctic marine invertebrates. At tempera-tures typical of sea water in McMurdo Sound (-1.8C), rates ofdevelopment are slow (Pearse, McClintock, and Bosch 1991).The feeding larval stage (pluteus) of the antarctic echinoidSterechi...