Marine Biology

, Volume 154, Issue 1, pp 99–108 | Cite as

The effect of temperature on the development and hatching of resting eggs of non-indigenous predatory cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

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Abstract

The effect of temperature on the development and hatching of resting eggs of the Ponto-Caspian Cercopagis pengoi was studied experimentally in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Morphological changes were monitored as the development of the resting eggs proceeded. Sexual reproduction of the C. pengoi population in the Gulf of Finland was evaluated by combining the data from hatching experiments and resting egg abundances in the sediment. Development time of resting eggs was dependent on temperature: increase in the temperature shortened the time needed until hatching. Hatching success was also dependent on incubation temperature. Almost sixfold increase in hatching success was detected when temperature increased two degrees above the storage temperature. Average resting egg abundances varied between 0.16 and 0.49 eggs cm−3 in the 0–6 cm sediment layer.

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Sediment Layer Ballast Water Hatching Success Surface Water Temperature Benthic Animal 
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Acknowledgments

Tvärminne Zoological Station provided the best facilities for work that I could hope for. I would like to express my gratitude to T. Sjölund for helping me in sediment sampling, and to T. Katajisto for her helpful advice in this work. S. Leiniö and K. Lehtonen from the Finnish Institute of Marine Research helped me to obtain sediment samples from different parts in the Gulf of Finland. A. Laine from the Institute of marine Research kindly offered me information of the benthic macrofauna. I would also thank the anonymous reviewer for his helpful comments, which significantly improved the manuscript. Finally, I want to thank T. Tamminen and P. Kuuppo for their constructive comments on the manuscript. The experiments conducted in this study comply with current Finnish laws. This study was financed by Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation and the Walter and Andrée de Nottbeck Foundation.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Finnish Environment InstituteHelsinkiFinland

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