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Spatial and temporal distribution and recruitment of echinoderm larvae in the Ligurian Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

M. L. Pedrotti
M. L. Pedrotti
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Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers, Laboratoire d'Ecologie du Plancton Marin, Station Zoologique URA CNRS 716, Université Paris 6, INSU La Darse, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Correspondence address: Station Zoologique, BP 28, 06320-Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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Seasonal and annual variations in the distribution and abundance of echinoderm larvae (early to post-larvae of principally echinoids and ophiuroids), were determined from a series of plankton net tows taken at three stations in the Bay of Villefranche (France) and along a radial transect of 28 nautical miles (52 km), from the Bay to half-way to Corsica, between 1984 and 1988. Spatial distribution of six echinoderm species have been mapped. For the echinoids, Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula, spawning takes place twice a year and appears to be synchronous because larval cohorts were comprised of distinct age-classes both near and far from the coast. Recruitment for these species is, therefore, thought to occur at well-defined periods. In contrast, the ophiuroid species studied (Amphiura filiformis, Ophwthrix fragilis, Ophiopluteus bimaculatus and O. compressus) spawn several times per year with a relatively short period in late spring and a prolonged spawning between the end of autumn and winter. These later results are consistent with the presence of mixed size-classes of larvae either from the nearby coast or offshore. Recruitment for these ophiuroids appears to be much more variable and spread over time.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , August 1993 , pp. 513 - 530
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1993

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