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Reproductive cycle of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in the Cantabrian Sea (northern Spain): environmental effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

J.M. González-Irusta ,
F. Goñi de Cerio  and
J.C. Canteras
J.M. González-Irusta
Affiliation:
Grupo de Ecología, Departamento de Ciencias y Técnicas del Agua y del Medio Ambiente, E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos, Universidad de Cantabria
F. Goñi de Cerio
Affiliation:
Departamento de Histología y Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del País Vasco
J.C. Canteras*
Affiliation:
Grupo de Ecología, Departamento de Ciencias y Técnicas del Agua y del Medio Ambiente, E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos, Universidad de Cantabria
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.C. Canteras, Grupo de Ecología, Departamento de Ciencias y Técnicas del Agua y del Medio Ambiente, E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos, Universidad de Cantabria email: canteraj@unican.es
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Abstract

The main objective of this study was to describe the reproductive cycle of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus on the Cantabrian coast (north of Spain), and assess its relationship with environmental factors. To achieve this, samples were taken monthly from three localities during 17 months in two different habitats. At least 15 individuals from each location and habitat were collected during each sampling occasion and used for assessments of gonad index and histological sections. The water temperature and the chlorophyll concentration were also measured. The breeding season of P. lividus in Cantabria started in March and continued until September with one or two main spawning periods per year (depending on year and population), the first one in the beginning of spring and the second one in the summer. The most important differences in the gonad cycle were observed among localities, and the smallest among habitats. Temperature, photoperiod and nutritive stage are important factors controlling the gonad cycle. The beginning of spawning in the Cantabrian populations coincides with the spring phytoplankton bloom and the rise in temperature, which may act as environmental triggers.

Keywords

gonad cycleParacentrotus lividusenvironmental controlCantabrian Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , June 2010 , pp. 699 - 709
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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