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BIOLOGY,POPULATION STRUCTURE, AND FIELD-GROWTH RATES OF PORCELLIONIDES PRUINOSUS (BRANDT, 1833) (ISOPODA, ONISCIDEA) AT GARATNÂAM (KASSERINE, TUNISIA)
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Biology, population structure, and field growth rates of Porcellionides pruinosus were studied at Garat Nâam (Kasserine, Tunisia). Recruitment occurred from April/May to November. The proportion of ovigerous females in the population was positively correlated with day length, and the proportion of juveniles was positively correlated with day length and temperature. Female size was positively correlated with fecundity (number of eggs per brood) and fertility (number of embryos hatched per brood). We estimated losses during embryonic development at ± 2.5%. Sex ratio was always in favour of females. We analysed size frequency distributions for recognizable cohorts. Field growth data were used to calibrate a growth model. Minimum average length of newly born cohorts ranged from 3.3 ± 0.148 mm to 4.14 ± 0.159 mm total length (TL). Life span was estimated at 11 to 14 months. Cohorts born in summer and autumn survived longer (13 to 14 months) than cohorts born in spring (11 to 12 months). Females took approximately 1 month to reach sexual differentiation (3.96 ± 0.09 mm TL), while males took slightly less (3.24 ± 0.14 mm TL). Females from cohorts born in spring took less time (± 2.5 months corresponding to 3.58±0.21 mm TL) than females from cohorts born in late summer and autumn, to reach sexual maturity (± 3.5 months corresponding to 4.99 ± 0.23 mm TL). P.pruinosus behaved as a semi-annual species (two or three broods per year), with iteroparous females, and a bivoltine life cycle. A comparison with other studies exhibits the occurrence of large intra-specific variation in the species' reproductive pattern. On a etudie la biologie, la structure de la population et le taux de croissance sur le terrain de Porcellionides pruinosus a Garat Nâam (Kasserine, Tunisie). Recrutement a eu lieu d'avril-mai a novembre. La proportion de femelles ovigeres dans la population est correlee positivement avec la longueur du jour, et la proportion de juveniles est correlee positivement avec la longueur du jour et la temperature. La taille femelle est correlee positivement avec la fecondite (nombre d'oeufs par ponte) et la fertilite (nombre d'embryons eclos par ponte). Nous avons estime les pertes au cours du developpement embryonnaire a ± 2,5%. La sex-ratio est toujours en faveur des femelles. Nous avons analyse les distributions de frequence de taille pour les cohortes reconnaissables. Les donnees de croissance du terrain ont ete utilisees pour calibrer un modele de croissance. La longueur moyenne minimale des cohortes nouvellement nees va de 3,3 ± 0,148 mm a 4,14 ± 0,159 mm de longueur totale (TL). La longevite a ete estimee a 11 a 14 mois. Les cohortes nees en ete et automne ont survecu plus longtemps (13 a 14 mois) que les cohortes nees au printemps (11 a 12 mois). Les femelles ont mis environ 1 mois a atteindre la differentiation sexuelle (3,96 ± 0,09 mm TL), tandis que les mâles ont mis un peu moins de temps (3,24 ± 0,14 mm TL). Les femelles des cohortes nees au printemps ont mis moins de temps (± 2,5 mois correspondant a 3,58 ± 0,21 mm TL) que les femelles des cohortes nees a la fin de l'ete et l'automne pour atteindre la maturite sexuelle (±3,5 mois correspondant a 4,99 ± 0,23 mm TL). P. pruinosus se comporte comme une espece semi-annuelle (deux ou trois pontes par an), avec des femelles iteropares et un cycle de vie bivoltin. Une comparaison avec d'autres etudes demontre l'existence d'une grande variation intra-specifique dans le modele de reproduction de l'espece.
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- Authors
- Charfi-Cheikhrouha, Achouri, & Marques
- Affiliations
- University of Coimbra (PT)
- Venue
- Crustaceana
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2002
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1241-1262
- ISSN
- 0011-216X (ISSN-L)
- 1568-5403
- OpenAlex
- W1553519307
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- 28
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- 1
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- 2025: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Crustaceana (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Crustacean biology and ecology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Keywords
- Porcellionides pruinosus, terrestrial isopods, population structure (demography), lifespan, sexual maturity, sexual differentiation, fecundity, fertility, embryonic mortality, sex ratio, bivoltine life cycle, iteroparity, recruitment (biology), day length, temperature, size-frequency distribution
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