Settlement specifics: Effective induction of abalone settlement and metamorphosis corresponds to biomolecular composition of natural cues

E A Williams; Scott F Cummins; B M Degnan

doi:10.4161/cib.2.4.8553

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Settlement specifics: Effective induction of abalone settlement and metamorphosis corresponds to biomolecular composition of natural cues

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Settlement specifics: Effective induction of abalone settlement and metamorphosis corresponds to biomolecular composition of natural cues

E A Williams, Scott F Cummins and B M Degnan

Communicative and Integrative Biology, Vol.2(4), pp.347-349

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.2.4.8553

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Abstract

abalone

coralline algae

larval settlement

marine ecology

metamorphosis

MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Chemical signaling plays a major role in shaping life history processes that drive ecology and evolution in marine systems, notably including habitat selection by marine invertebrate larvae that must settle out of the plankton onto the benthos.1 For larvae, the identification of appropriate habitats in which to settle and undergo metamorphosis to the adult form relies heavily on the recognition of cues indicative of a favorable environment. By documenting settlement responses of larvae of the tropical abalone, Haliotis asinina, to a range of coralline algae species, we recently highlighted the species-specific nature of this interaction.2 Here, we demonstrate that this specificity is likely driven by chemical, rather than physical, properties of the algae. Our initial characterization of the surface cell biomarkers from three different algal species shows that inductive cue biomolecular composition correlates with variations in larval settlement response.

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Title: Settlement specifics: Effective induction of abalone settlement and metamorphosis corresponds to biomolecular composition of natural cues
Authors: E A Williams (Author) - University of Queensland
Scott F Cummins (Author) - University of Queensland
B M Degnan (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Communicative and Integrative Biology, Vol.2(4), pp.347-349
Publisher: Landes Bioscience
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.4.8553
ISSN: 1942-0889
Copyright note: Copyright © 2009 Landes Bioscience. This is an open-access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The article may be redistributed, reproduced, and reused for non-commercial purposes, provided the original source is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449730302621
Output Type: Journal article

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