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Settlement of Balanus Balanoides: The Effect of Cyprid Antennular Secretion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. B. Yule  and
G. Walker
A. B. Yule
Affiliation:
Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd LL59 5EH
G. Walker
Affiliation:
Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd LL59 5EH
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In a recent paper we reported on the discovery of an adhesive antennular secretion used by exploring cyprids of Balanus balanoides (L.) and hinted at its possible implication in settlement behaviour (Walker & Yule, 1984). This secretion is thought to be modified integumentary protein. Since the integumentary protein of adult B. balanoides is widely accepted as a powerful stimulus to settlement (Knight-Jones, 1953; Crisp & Meadows, 1962, 1963; Larman, Gabbott & East, 1982), we devised settlement experiments in May 1984 to investigate whether cyprid antennular secretion acts in a similar manner. The outcome of these experiments with B. balanoides cyprids is presented here.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , August 1985 , pp. 707 - 712
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1985

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