THERMALLY INDUCED VARIATIONS IN VERTEBRAL NUMBER IN LUCANIA PARVA BAIRD (ANTHERINIFORMES: CYPRINODONTIDAE) REARED IN THE LABORATORY

Author

• LINDA J. MCCARTHY

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1978

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Courtenay, Walter R. Jr.

Abstract

Embryos of Lucania parva Baird from two sites in the Florida Keys were raised in four temperature regimes, 18°, 22°, 26°, and 30°C to determine the response of vertebral numbers to different incubation temperatures. The result was in inverse linear relationship, with vertebral numbers increasing with decreasing temperature. Temperature modified the developmental rates, causing the embryos in the warm temperatures to hatch earlier than those in the cold temperatures.

Extent

32 p.

Comments

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Recommended Citation

MCCARTHY, LINDA J., "THERMALLY INDUCED VARIATIONS IN VERTEBRAL NUMBER IN LUCANIA PARVA BAIRD (ANTHERINIFORMES: CYPRINODONTIDAE) REARED IN THE LABORATORY" (1978). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 664.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/664

Identifier

FADT13951

Format

pdf