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[ES] El presente estudio trata principalmente de las estrategias del ciclo de vida de Eupolymnia nebulosa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellidae) , la cual presenta una diferenciación biogeográfica característica: las poblaciones Atlánticas frezan libremente mientras que las Mediterráneas poseen desarrollo directo. El trabajo se ha centrado en los siguientes puntos: ¿Como se produce la selección de las larvas hacia sus respectivas comunidades? ¿Que causa la variabilidad interanual? ¿Como puede interpretarse el funcionamiento y la estructura de los ciclos de vida? A lo largo del trabajo, se propone una aproximación comprensiva a dichas cuestiones, basada en una serie de estrategias globales: (1) análisis de las características físicas de las masas de agua; (2) estudio de las corrientes y de los parametros hidroclimáticos; (3) empleo de un enfoque autoecológico; (4) desarrollo de experiencias de laboratorio; y (5) biología comparada en base a transectos latitudinales. El control de la diseminación y el retorno al área habitada por los adultos se consigue, en las poblaciones Mediterráneas de E. nebulosa, gracias a la existencia de puestas mucosas. Dichas estructuras permiten la coexistencia de unos requerimientos relativamente escasos en cuanto al tamaño y la forma de los granos del sedimento (zona de asentamiento larvario potencialmente muy extensa) con un área de distribución de adultos espacialmente limitada. Del ajuste entre sucesos biológicos e hidroclimáticos, se derivan importantes consecuencias, destacándo la homogenización del rango de tallas de los juveniles de E. nebulosa durante los primeros estadios bentónicos. Como conclusion, se propone una hipótesis para explicar la variabilidad anual en el reclutamiento al bentos, junto con una modelización de los procesos involucrados en base a los siguientes parámetros: pautas de temperatura durante el periodo de freza, distrubución de las puestas (número y fecha de aparición), número de larvas por puesta y pautas de emisión de las larvas desde las puestas.
[EN] The present study deals with the life-cycle strategies of Eupolymnia nebulosa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellidae) which shows a characteristic geographical differentiation having free-spawning Atlantic populations and direct developing Mediterranean populations. The main questions of interest can be summarized as follows: How is the selection of larvae achieved in their respective communities? What are the origins of year to year fluctuations? How can the structure and functioning of a life-cycle be understood? In this paper, we propose a comprehensive approach to the above questions based on severa1 global strategies: (1) the analysis of the physical features of water masses: currents and hydroclimatic parameters; (2) the use of an autoecological view point; (3) the development of laboratory experiments and (4) the use of comparative biology based on latitudinal transects. The control of dissemination and return to the area inhabited by adults was achieved by Mediterranean E. nebulosa by means of egg-masses. These structures permit the coexistence of selective requirements in terms of size and shape of sediment grains - which define a large potentia1 zone for larva1 settlement - with a spatially limited area of adult distribution. Some important consequences, like the homogeneization of size range of E. nebulosa juveniles during the first benthic stages, emerged from the adjustment of biological and hydroclimatic events. To conclude, we propose a hypothesis to explain the year to year variability of benthic recruitment, together with a diagram of the processes involved using the following parameters: temperature patterns during the spawning period, distribution of egg-masses (number and date of appearance), number of larvae per egg-mass, and patterns of larva1 release from the egg-masses.
We heartily thank the organising committee of the VIII Simposio Ibérico de Estudios del Bentos Marino held in the Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, (C.S.I.C.) for their kind invitation. D. Martin has had the benefit of a grant from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain (Programa Sectorial de Formación de Profesorado y Personal Investigador en el Extranjero, Subprograma MEC/MRE de Becas en Francia, ref. num. fr93 46037786). This paper is a contribution to the French National Project on Recruitment Determinants and was supported by grants from C.N.R.S. and 1.F.R.E.M-E.R. to the first author.
15 páginas, 7 figuras, 1 tabla.-- This paper is a synthesis of rhe results of several years of research carried out by the larval biology team of the Arago Laboratory. This synthesis does not preclude presentation of original ideas related to the regulation of biological cycles and to the evolutive constraints in the appearance of direct development. Demonstrations and observations are not given in great detail but references to the original papers are always provided.-- Contribución a "Topics in marine Benthos ecology", R.Sardà y J.D. Ros (eds.).
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Larvas, Puestas mucosas, Reclutamiento, Larvae, Polychaeta, Recruitment, Eupolymnia nebulosa, Egg-masses, Life-cycle regulation, Regulación del ciclo de vida
Larvas, Puestas mucosas, Reclutamiento, Larvae, Polychaeta, Recruitment, Eupolymnia nebulosa, Egg-masses, Life-cycle regulation, Regulación del ciclo de vida
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