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dc.contributor.authorSingh, A.
dc.contributor.authorThakur, N.L.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-14T04:19:28Z
dc.date.available2015-07-14T04:19:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationInvertebrate Biology, vol.134(1); 2015; 19-30
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4734
dc.description.abstractThe budding process of the tetillid sponge Cinachyrella cavernosa was studied for one year in the low intertidal zone near Mhapan (15°55`27.48"N, 73°33`29.89"E), on the central west coast of India. The sponges showed the highest budding frequency when the average water temperature of intertidal rock pools was 32.4±0.23°C (February–March), followed by a significant decrease in budding frequency at 28.2±0.12°C (April–July), and no budding at <or=25.9±0.12°C (August–November). Stepwise multiple regression analysis of physico-chemical factors revealed temperature as the most prominent factor regulating the intensity of budding. Based on size and morphology, three stages of sponge buds were defined. The production of buds was found to be asynchronous, as adult sponges possessed buds of all three stages. Differences among these stages were examined at ultrastructural (in terms of spicules) and molecular (in terms of RNA/DNA) levels. Stage I (<0.5 mm dia-meter) buds showed a complete absence of microscleres (sigmaspires), whereas stage II (0.5–1 mm) and stage III (>1 mm) buds contained all spicules characteristic of the adult sponge. There was a significant increase in RNA/DNA ratio from stage I to III, suggestive of a progressive increase in physiological activity during the developmental process. Additionally, we studied post-settlement bud growth under field and laboratory conditions. Newly settled buds displayed a lower average-specific growth rate in the field, owing to variability in environmental conditions, but more rapid growth under controlled conditions in the laboratory. This study highlights the role of abiotic factors in regulating the budding process and stresses the ecological significance of budding in maintaining natural sponge populations. Our data suggest that an increased frequency of budding under stressful conditions, such as high temperature, is an advantageous adaptation for these sponges. Buds showed rapid development, as no metamorphosis is involved, and retained the genotype of the parents, yielding high reproductive outputs and survival rates.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe American Microscopical Society, Inc.
dc.rightsThis is a preprint of an article published in [Invertebr. Biol., vol.134(1); 2015; 19-30”and the available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12074. © 2015, The American Microscopical Society, Inc.
dc.subjectINVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY::Reproduction and development
dc.subjectINVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY::Physiology, biochemistry, biophysics
dc.titleField and laboratory investigations of budding in the tetillid sponge Cinachyrella cavernosa
dc.typeJournal Article


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