
%0 Journal Article
%A Tait, NN 
%A Atapattu, D 
%A Browne, R 
%T Effect of salinity change on early development in <I>Galeolaria caespitosa</I> (Polychaeta : Serpulidae)
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1984/08/01
%V 35
%N 4
%P 483-486
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9840483
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9840483 
%X Although G. caespitosa is able to survive seawater dilution down to 60% seawater, oocytes released into 60% seawater are not viable. Despite this, a greater percentage of oocytes released into 60% seawater are induced to undergo prematuration (as indicated by the initiation of meiosis) than occurs in oocytes released into normal seawater. Unspawned oocytes in adult worms maintained in 60% seawater are protected from this osmotic shock despite equilibration of the osmotic concentration of the body fluids with the external medium. 
