Figure 4.1: Evechinus chloroticus daily per capita mortality rate in early (4 –
15 d post-fertilisation) and late (15 – 24 d post-fertilisation) larval
development under different levels of copper exposure. ..................................... 94
Figure 4.2: Evechinus chloroticus normal development in mid (15 – 16 d post-
fertilisation) and late (23 – 24 d post-fertilisation) larval development
under different levels and sources of copper. ...................................................... 95
Figure 4.3: Proportion of Evechinus chloroticus larvae with a small rudiment
and/or with a protruding rudiment (i.e. competent larvae) at 23 – 24 days
post-fertilisation under different regimes of copper exposure. ............................ 97
Figure 4.4: Evechinus chloroticus daily posterodorsal arm (PD) and preoral
arm (EO) growth between 15 - 16 and 23 - 24 d post-fertilisation under
different regimes of copper exposure. ................................................................. 98
Figure 4.5: Settlement success of Evechinus chloroticus, 8 days post-
settlement, under three different levels of copper exposure: control (Ctrl),
ANZECC Chronic (A.), High Pulse (H.p.) and High Chronic (H.c.). ............... 100
Figure 4.6: Evechinus chloroticus radial length (a) and spine/body ratio (b) at 8
and 38 days post-settlement under different copper regimes ............................ 102
Figure 5.1: Evechinus chloroticus survival from 4 to 25 d post-fertilisation
under different levels of copper exposure and salinity. ..................................... 118
Figure 5.2: Proportion of normal Evechinus chloroticus larvae from 4 d to 25 d
post-fertilisation under different levels of copper exposure and salinity.
Larvae were exposed to low salinity (Low, 24 ppt) or natural seawater
salinity (Normal, 36 ppt). Exposure to both stressors was either chronic
(A) or a single 4-day pulse exposure (B). .......................................................... 120
Figure 5.3: Proportion of 8-armed Evechinus chloroticus larvae with or without
rudiment at 25 days post-fertilisation when exposed to stressors
chronically (A), from day 4 to 25, and a single 4-day pulse (B). ...................... 122
Figure 5.4: Anterolateral arm (AL) and posterodorsal arm (PD) growth in
Evechinus chloroticus larvae between 16 and 25 days post-fertilisation
under different regimes of copper exposure and salinity. ................................. 123
Figure 6.1: Copper accumulation in gonads (µg/g wet weight) of the sea urchin
Evechinus chloroticus. ....................................................................................... 136
Figure 6.2: Copper burden in Evechinus chloroticus gonads vs. total gonad
weight (wet weight), after two weeks of exposure to 50 µg/L (LAB group). ... 137
Figure 6.3: Fertilisation success of Evechinus chloroticus pairs after 1 h. ............... 139
Figure A.1: Location of the water sampling sites in the region of Wellington. ....... 164