不同孵化湿度下的乌龟卵孵化成功率及新生幼体特征CURRENT.PDF

动物学报 　50 ( 1) : 133 - 136 , 2004 A cta Zoologica S inica 　　　　　 　 不同孵化湿度下的乌龟卵孵化成功率 及新生幼体特征 杜卫国1 　郑荣泉2 1. 杭州师范学院生命科学学院 , 杭州 310036 2. 浙江师范大学环境和生命科学学院 , 金华 321004 Egg survival and hatchling traits of the Chinese threekeeled pond turtle Chinemys reevesii incubated in different hydric environments 1 2 DU WeiGuo , ZHEN G RongQuan 1. School of Life sciences , Hangzhou Normal College , Hangzhou 　310036 , Zhejian g , China 2. College of Life and Environmental Sciences , Zhejian g Normal University , Jinhua 　321004 , Zhejian g , China Abstract 　A total of 51 Chinese threekeeled pond turtle Chinemys reevesii eggs were incubated on wet and dry substrates (water potentials of - 12 kPa and - 300 kPa , respectively) at 30 ℃to assess the influence of the hydric environments on egg survival and hatchling traits. Eggs incubated in the dry condition lost weight , whereas those incubated in the wet con dition did not. The hydric environments did not affect incubation lengths (603 vs 607 days) as well as hatching success es (692 % vs 880 %) . Except for wet body mass and carapace width , which were larger for hatchlings from the - 12 kPa treatment than from the - 300 kPa treatment , the hydric environments did not affect most hatchling traits. These unaffected traits included dry body mass , carapace length , tail length , limb length , hatchling components (carcass , resid ual yolk and fat bodies) , swimming performance and critical thermal minimum. In conclusion , within the water potential of - 12 to - 300 kPa , hydric environments have little effect on embryonic development and hatchling traits in Chinese threekeeled pond turtles [ Acta Z