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The tenacity of Elminius modestus and Balanus perforatus cyprids to bacterial films grown under different shear regimes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. L. Neal  and
A. B. Yule
A. L. Neal
Affiliation:
Marine Science Laboratories, University of Wales, Askew Street, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL57 5EY
A. B. Yule
Affiliation:
Marine Science Laboratories, University of Wales, Askew Street, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL57 5EY
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The tenacity of cypris larvae of the barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia) Balanus perforatus (Bruguiere) and Elminius modestus Darwin was measured on multispecies biofilms developed under contrasting shear regimes. For both species, relatively thin, dense biofilms associated with high shear (83 s-1) afforded increased tenacity over relatively thick, less dense films associated with low shear (15 s-1). Although both species showed reduced tenacity on low-shear films compared to high-shear films, E. modestus cyprids attached as strongly to low-shear films as they did to unfilmed surfaces. Balanus perforatus cyprids, however, attached less strongly to low-shear films than to unfilmed surfaces. The results show that B. perforatus and E. modestus may appreciate differences in bacterial communi-ties grown under different shear conditions and highlight the potential for biofilms as one of the many cues to barnacle settlement.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 251 - 257
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1994

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