Publications [#260331] of Daniel Rittschof

Papers Published

1. Branscomb, ES; Rittschof, D, An investigation of low frequency sound waves as a means of inhibiting barnacle settlement, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 79 no. 2 (July, 1984), pp. 149-154, Elsevier BV, ISSN 0022-0981 [doi]
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   Abstract:
   Inhibition of barnacle settlement was achieved using low frequency (30 Hz) sound waves on laboratory-reared larvae of Balanus amphitrite Darwin. Less than 1% of very young cyprids (0 days old) settled in the presence of the sound waves. Cyprids caught in plankton tows responded very similarly to young laboratory-reared larvae. Although percent settlement tends to increase with older and therefore less discriminating larvae, low frequency sound reduces the percentage of metamorphosis for cyprids up to 13 days old. © 1984.