Divergent dispersal strategies in the freshwater bryozoan Plumatella repens: ramet size effects on statoblast numbers.

Abstract:

:Evaluation of size-dependent variation in statoblast numbers in Plumatella repens indicates that this freshwater bryozoan employs divergent strategies in dispersing its asexual offspring in space and time. While the numbers of sessoblasts which were cemented to local substrates did not vary per unit ramet size, numbers of floatoblasts which disperse away from the parent to colonize substrates elsewhere varied in a size-dependent manner. Large ramets produced disproportionately more floatoblasts than did small ramets. In general, this result is consistent with the optimal dispersal predictions of three alternative theoretical models. However, the fact that the total number of sessoblasts in a ramet increased with ramet size appears to violate the "constant disperser principle" of one alternative model, and the occurrence of fusion in P. repens may violate the assumption of local competition for sites in another. In order to determine which model represents an appropriate description of dispersal in P. repens, future studies should evaluate the relative importance of local competition, cooperative phenomena like fusion, and mortality among dispersed and nondispersed offspring.

journal_name

Oecologia

journal_title

Oecologia

authors

Karlson RH

doi

10.1007/BF00317419

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-03-01 00:00:00

pages

407-411

issue

3

eissn

0029-8549

issn

1432-1939

pii

10.1007/BF00317419

journal_volume

89

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