Interaction of photoperiod and nutritive state in female reproduction ofLymnaea stagnalis
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development
- Vol. 10 (2) , 151-157
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01688170.1986.10510238
Abstract
A study was made of the interaction of the photoperiod and the availability of food in influencing egg laying of the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis. At a long day photoperiod (LD = 16 h light/8 h dark) egg laying of fed snails had increased compared with that of fed animals kept at a medium day photoperiod (MD = 12 h light/12 h dark). In MD snails oviposition ceased within a week of the beginning of a starvation period. This is most probably due to a reduction in the activities of the neuroendocrine caudodorsal cells which secrete an ovulation hormone. In contrast, in starved LD snails a low rate of ovipository activity continued, indicating that a lowered frequency of caudodorsal cell release cycles occurred under these conditions. The decreased mean size (number of eggs) of the egg masses in starved LD snails indicates that the activities of the endocrine dorsal bodies, which control vitellogenesis and synthetic activities in the female accessory sex organs, had decreased. All MD snails survived, but nearly all LD snails died during the course of the experiment. Determinations of the mantle glycogen stores of LD snails suggest that the high mortality of LD snails is due to exhaustion of the animal's energy reserves.Keywords
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