{"refrec":{"BRefID":38040,"RR":"<b>Beukema, J.J.; Drent, J.; Honkoop, P.J.C.</b> (2001). Maximizing lifetime egg production in a Wadden Sea population of the tellinid bivalve <i>Macoma balthica</i>: a trade-off between immediate and future reproductive outputs. <i>Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 209</i>: 119-129. <a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps209119\" target=\"_blank\">http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps209119</a>","BEntID":38040,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 209</i>: 119-129. <a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps209119\" target=\"_blank\">http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps209119</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Beukema, J.J.; Drent, J.; Honkoop, P.J.C.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Beukema, J.J. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"The number of eggs produced in the annual spawning season by an adult female Macoma balthica (L.) of Wadden Sea origin increases in a non-linear manner with increasing shell length and body weight. It depends primarily on the weight-at-length immediately before spawning. Lean individuals with a low body-mass index (BMI) of 5.6 mg cm–3 or less spawn no eggs. Gamete output increases to about one-third of soft-body weight (in the order of 100 000 eggs) at the maximal BMIs observed (~15 mg cm–3). Long-term monitoring (>20 yr) of densities of a Wadden Sea M. balthica population revealed that survival to the spawning season of the next year declined from about 65% at higher-than-average values of BMI (>8 mg cm–3) to about 30% at the lowest values of BMI observed (5 to 6 mg cm–3). Annual growth was also significantly lower in years starting with a low BMI value. Because spawning lowers body weight and thus the BMI, spawning is bound to reduce subsequent survival rates and body-weight increments. Thus, a trade-off situation exists between immediate and future spawning outputs. The consequences for total lifetime egg production of various levels of gamete output at first spawning (at an age of 2 yr) were estimated by model calculations, starting from a wide range of body weights at a standard length. The model results realistically predict that maximal lifetime egg production can be achieved only if M. balthica refrain from spawning at BMIs below a certain threshold value (viz. ~6 mg cm–3, which is close to their actual threshold of 5.6 mg cm–3) and if their spawning output increases with weight-at-length (again in a manner close to what actually happens). It is concluded that M. balthica populations in the Wadden Sea apply a spawning strategy adapted to the local conditions. 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