Biology of the amphipod Hyale sp. (Gammaridea, Hyalidae).

• Other Authors: Tsoi, Kwok-ho.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Hyale; Amphipoda
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5890449; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-323076

by Kwok-ho Tsoi. === Thesis submitted in: October, 1999. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-222). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Abstract --- p.1 === Acknowledgments --- p.5 === Contents --- p.6 === List of Figures --- p.10 === List of Tables --- p.15 === Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.16 === Chapter 1.1 --- Literature Review --- p.16 === Chapter 1.1.1 --- Biology of Amphipods --- p.16 === Chapter 1.1.1.1 --- External Morphology --- p.16 === Chapter 1.1.1.2 --- Habitat --- p.19 === Chapter 1.1.1.3 --- Feeding Habit --- p.20 === Chapter 1.1.1.4 --- Reproductive Biology --- p.22 === Chapter 1.1.2 --- The Application of Amphipods in Environmental Bioassays --- p.25 === Chapter 1.1.2.1 --- Abundance and Availability --- p.26 === Chapter 1.1.2.2 --- Sensitivity --- p.26 === Chapter 1.1.2.3 --- Ecological Relevance --- p.27 === Chapter 1.1.2.4 --- Living Habit --- p.28 === Chapter 1.1.2.5 --- Sublethal Response --- p.29 === Chapter 1.2 --- Objectives of this Study --- p.30 === Chapter Chapter 2. --- Taxonomic Identification of Hyale sp --- p.32 === Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.32 === Chapter 2.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.33 === Chapter 2.2.1 --- Collection of Amphipods --- p.33 === Chapter 2.2.2 --- Preservation and Anesthesia --- p.35 === Chapter 2.2.2.1 --- Preservation --- p.35 === Chapter 2.2.2.2 --- Anesthesia --- p.35 === Chapter 2.2.3 --- Dissection --- p.35 === Chapter 2.2.3.1 --- Dissecting Instruments --- p.35 === Chapter 2.2.3.2 --- Dissecting Medium --- p.35 === Chapter 2.2.3.3 --- Photographic Recording and Illustration --- p.36 === Chapter 2.3 --- Results --- p.36 === Chapter 2.3.1 --- Figure Index --- p.36 === Chapter 2.3.2 --- Description of Key Characters --- p.40 === Chapter Chapter 3. --- Growth of Hyale sp --- p.60 === Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.60 === Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.62 === Chapter 3.2.1 --- Growth in Standardized Environmental Conditions --- p.62 === Chapter 3.2.1.1 --- Experimental Animals --- p.62 === Chapter 3.2.1.2 --- Culture Conditions --- p.62 === Chapter 3.2.1.3 --- Examination and Recording --- p.64 === Chapter 3.2.2 --- Growth of Juveniles in Different Salinities --- p.67 === Chapter 3.2.2.1 --- Experimental Animals --- p.67 === Chapter 3.2.2.2 --- Culture Conditions --- p.67 === Chapter 3.2.2.3 --- Examinations and Recording --- p.68 === Chapter 3.2.3 --- Morphometric Analysis on Length - Weight Relationship --- p.69 === Chapter 3.2.4 --- Statistical Analysis --- p.69 === Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.69 === Chapter 3.3.1 --- Growth in Environmental Conditions --- p.69 === Chapter 3.3.1.1 --- Life Span --- p.69 === Chapter 3.3.1.2 --- Molt Cycle --- p.71 === Chapter 3.3.1.2.1 --- Age --- p.71 === Chapter 3.3.1.2.2 --- Intermolt Duration --- p.71 === Chapter 3.3.1.3 --- Body Length (BL) --- p.76 === Chapter 3.3.1.4 --- Head Length (HL) --- p.80 === Chapter 3.3.1.5 --- Eye Length (EL) --- p.33 === Chapter 3.3.1.6 --- Length and Articles of Antenna 1 (AL1 & AA1) --- p.86 === Chapter 3.3.1.7 --- Length and Articles of Antenna 2 (AL2 &AA2) --- p.90 === Chapter 3.3.1.8 --- Propodus Length of Gnathopod 1 (GL1) --- p.97 === Chapter 3.3.1.9 --- Propodus Length of Gnathopod 2 (GL2) --- p.103 === Chapter 3.3.1.10 --- Merus Length of Pereopod 7 (MP7) --- p.110 === Chapter 3.3.2 --- Growth of Juveniles in Different Salinities --- p.114 === Chapter 3.3.2.1 --- Survival Rate --- p.114 === Chapter 3.3.2.2 --- Age --- p.117 === Chapter 3.3.2.3 --- Intermolt Duration --- p.117 === Chapter 3.3.2.4 --- Body Length (BL) --- p.117 === Chapter 3.3.2.5 --- Head Length (HL) --- p.121 === Chapter 3.3.2.6 --- Eye Length (EL) --- p.121 === Chapter 3.3.2.7 --- Length of Antenna 1 (AL1) --- p.124 === Chapter 3.3.2.8 --- Number of Article on Antenna 1 (AA1) --- p.124 === Chapter 3.3.2.9 --- Number of Article on Antenna 2 (AA2) --- p.127 === Chapter 3.3.2.10 --- Merus Length of Pereopod 7 (MP7) --- p.127 === Chapter 3.3.2.11 --- Summary on Growth Study in Different Salinities --- p.130 === Chapter 3.3.3 --- Morphometric Analysis on Length - Weight Relationship --- p.130 === Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.134 === Chapter 3.4.1 --- Discontinuous Growth --- p.134 === Chapter 3.4.2 --- Growth Pattern --- p.135 === Chapter 3.4.2.1 --- Molt Cycle - Molt Frequency and Molt Duration --- p.135 === Chapter 3.4.2.2 --- Body Length --- p.136 === Chapter 3.4.2.3 --- Head Length and Merus Length of Pereopod7 --- p.138 === Chapter 3.4.3 --- Morphometric Analysis on Length 一 Weight Relationship --- p.138 === Chapter 3.4.4 --- Sexual Dimorphism --- p.139 === Chapter 3.4.4.1 --- Body Length --- p.140 === Chapter 3.4.4.2 --- Antennae 1 and2 --- p.140 === Chapter 3.4.4.3 --- Gnathopods 1 and2 --- p.141 === Chapter 3.4.5 --- Growth Phase --- p.141 === Chapter 3.4.5.1 --- Merus Length of Pereopod7 --- p.142 === Chapter 3.4.5.2 --- Eye Length --- p.143 === Chapter 3.4.5.3 --- Length of Antennae 1 and2 --- p.143 === Chapter 3.4.5.4 --- Propodus Length of Gnathopods 1 and2 --- p.144 === Chapter 3.4.5.5 --- Summary on Growth Phase --- p.145 === Chapter 3.4.6 --- Optimal Salinity for Growth --- p.145 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- Reproductive Biology of Hyale sp --- p.149 === Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.149 === Chapter 4.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.151 === Chapter 4.2.1 --- Fecundity --- p.151 === Chapter 4.2.2 --- Morphometric Relationship between Brood Size and Body Length --- p.152 === Chapter 4.3 --- Results --- p.155 === Chapter 4.3.1 --- Sexual Maturation --- p.155 === Chapter 4.3.2 --- Fecundity --- p.158 === Chapter 4.3.3 --- Duration of Recuperative Period and Incubation Period --- p.161 === Chapter 4.3.4 --- Morphometric Relationship between Brood Size and Body Length --- p.161 === Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion --- p.161 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- Tolerance of Hyale sp. to Temperature and Salinity --- p.170 === Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.170 === Chapter 5.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.172 === Chapter 5.2.1 --- Sampling --- p.172 === Chapter 5.2.2 --- Acclimation --- p.172 === Chapter 5.2.3 --- Tolerance Tests --- p.173 === Chapter 5.2.3.1 --- Temperature Tolerance Tests --- p.174 === Chapter 5.2.3.2 --- Salinity Tolerance Tests --- p.175 === Chapter 5.2.4 --- Data Analysis --- p.176 === Chapter 5.3 --- Results --- p.176 === Chapter 5.3.1 --- Temperature Tolerance Tests --- p.176 === Chapter 5.3.2 --- Salinity Tolerance Tests --- p.179 === Chapter 5.4 --- Discussion --- p.183 === Chapter Chapter 6 --- Acute Toxicity of cadmium to Hyale sp --- p.187 === Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.187 === Chapter 6.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.188 === Chapter 6.2.1 --- Sampling --- p.188 === Chapter 6.2.2 --- Acclimation --- p.189 === Chapter 6.2.3 --- Cadmium Toxicity Tests --- p.189 === Chapter 6.2.4 --- Data Analysis --- p.190 === Chapter 6.3 --- Results --- p.191 === Chapter 6.4 --- Discussion --- p.200 === Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusions --- p.205 === References --- p.208