%0 Journal Article
%T Effectsoflightintensityonactivityinfoursympatricanurantadpoles
%A Guo-Hua DING
%A Zhi-Hua LIN
%A Li-Hua ZHAO
%A Xiao-Li FAN
%A Li WEI
%J 动物学研究
%P 332-337
%D 2014
%R 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.4.332
%X Thoughlightconditionsareknowntoaffectthedevelopmentandanti-predationstrategiesofseveralaquaticspecies,relativelylittleisknownabouthowdifferentspeciesreacttolight,orhowlightcanaffectthesespeciesduringdifferentpointsintheirlife-cycle.Inthisstudy,weusedfoursympatricanurantadpoles(Bufogargarizans,B.melanostictus,PelophylaxnigromaculatusandMicrohylafissipes)asanimalsystemtoexaminespecies-specificactivitiesoftheunderdoingdifferentlightintensitytreatments,soastobetterunderstandhowtheyrespondtolight.Weexposedfourdifferentspeciesoftadpolesto1660and14luxlightintensitytreatmentsandthenmeasuredseveralparametersincludingdevelopmentstage,bodylengthandtaillength,andaswellastheirbasicactivities.TheresultsofthisobservationandanalysisshowedthattheactivitiesoftadpolesweresignificantlygreaterinB.gargarizansandB.melanostictusthaninP.nigromaculatusandM.fissipes;andwerealsosignificantlygreaterduringtimesofhighlightintensityascomparedtoduringlowlightintensity.Moreover,theobservedrelationshipbetweenspeciesandlightintensitywassignificant.TheactivitiesofB.gargarizansandB.melanostictustadpolesweregreaterinhighlight,whiletheactivityofP.nigromaculatustadpoleswasgreaterinlowlightintensity,whileM.fissipestadpolesshowednodifferencesineitherloworhighintensitylight.Furthermore,theactivitiesofB.gargarizans,B.melanostictusandM.fissipestadpolesintermsofdevelopmentalstage,bodysizeortaillengthdidnotseemtodifferwithlightintensity,butduringearlylarvaldevelopmentalperiodofP.nigromaculatus,theactivityoftadpoleswasnegativelycorrelatedwithdevelopmentstage,butirrelevanttoeitherbodysizeortaillengthindifferentlightintensities.Theseresultsleadustoconcludetheobservedactivitiesofthefoursympatricanurantadpolesarecloselycorrelatedwiththeirspecificanti-predationstrategies.
%K Anura
%K Activity
%K Developmentalstage
%K Lightintensity
%K Tadpole
%U http://www.zoores.ac.cn/CN/abstract/abstract3502.shtml