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Life history of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite Darwin and its role in fouling communities of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan
Zvyagintsev, A.Y.; Korn, O.M. (2003). Life history of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite Darwin and its role in fouling communities of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan. Russ. J. Mar. Biol. 29(1): 41-48
In: Russian Journal of Marine Biology. Plenum: New York. ISSN 1063-0740; e-ISSN 1608-3377, more
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Keywords
    Aquatic organisms > Fouling organisms
    Life history
    Taxa > Species > Introduced species
    Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854 [WoRMS]
    INW, Russia, Primorskiy, Peter the Great Bay [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Zvyagintsev, A.Y.
  • Korn, O.M.

Abstract
    The life history of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite Darwin and its role in fouling communities of Golden Horn Bay (Peter the Great Bay), which is subjected to thermal pollution, were studied. The warm-water B. amphitrite occurs as a common minor species on operational vessels and waterworks in Peter the Great Bay, where it was brought by ocean-going ships operating on Russia-Japan lines. Even in the conditions of the higher temperature regime of Golden Horn Bay, the reproductive season of B. amphitrite is confined to the summer and autumn months. The adult individuals brought by ships in summer produce 2-3 generations of larvae. The development of larvae and their settling on the substrate occurs from August to October within a broad temperature range from 22.5 up to 12°C. Even in the low temperatures of Golden Horn Bay the larvae attain a greater size than those in tropical and subtropical waters. The juveniles have time to reach maturity and to produce their own progeny, but most often they perish with winter drop in the water temperature. It was shown that in Peter the Great Bay there is dependent population of B. amphitrite inhabiting the anthropogenic substrates only in the warm season: water works, idle vessels, and operational offshore vessels. The water temperature is the limiting factor of successful acclimation of that species.

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