Ontogeny of feeding and respiration in larval Atlantic cod Gadus morhua (Teleostei, Gadiformes): II. Function

Journal of Morphology
Ione Hunt Von HerbingRobert G Boutilier

Abstract

Feeding mechanisms were studied in larval cod from first feeding to metamorphosis. Structural and functional changes that govern jaw movement and control the flow of water through the mouth change in concert with requirements for food energy. Early in development, exogenous food resources supplement the endogenous yolk-sac, viscerocranial structures and functions are simple and nonintegrated, and respiration is cutaneous. Hyoid coupling, which governs mandibular depression via the mandibulohyoid ligament, serves as the major musculoskeletal linkage for opening the mouth. With growth and differentiation of new structures such as the opercular bones, gills, and secondary lamellae, a second musculoskeletal linkage, the levator-operculi coupling, develops. This coupling mediates mandibular depression via the opercular apparatus and interoperculomandibular ligament and supplements hyoid coupling. Changes in musculoskeletal elements become more complex, facilitating obligatory exogenous feeding and branchial respiration. Thus, increases in structural and functional complexity result in the replacement of the simple, less efficient feeding mechanism by a complex combination of feeding mechanisms similar to those found in adult Atlanti...Continue Reading

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May 24, 2007·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·C D HulseyJ T Streelman

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