Controlled Field Release of a Waterborne Chemical Signal Stimulates Planktonic Larvae to Settle.(Statistical Data Included)

From: The Biological Bulletin | Date: February 1, 2001| Author: BROWNE, KENNETH A.; ZIMMER, RICHARD K. | Copyright information

RICHARD K. ZIMMER [*]

Settlement rates and distributions of planktonic larvae are critical determinants of population dynamics in marine and freshwater benthic communities. On the basis of the principles of solute diffusion from a porous material, chemical-releasing collectors (CRCs) were engineered and tested in an estuary. Significantly more barnacle larvae (Balanus amphitrite) were found to colonize collectors emitting trace amounts of the synthetic peptide analog, gl...

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