Publication Date:
2021-07-06
Description:
Members of the family Gammaridae are very closely interrelated. There arises the question as to how far they also differ amongst themselves through physiological characteristics. Comparative respiratory and physiological experiments were made on the five euryhaline species Gammarus locusta, G. oceanicus, G. salinus, G. zaddachi and G. duebeni. The respiratory measurements carried out within the framework of this experiment were occupied with the relationships between oxygen consumption and body size depending on salinity. They also had the object of determing the variations in metabolic intensity after an abrupt change in the salt content of the external medium, and to establish the period of time for the process of adaptation. As the experiments were carried out polarographically in a testing plant with continuous flow-through, and the method which was applied permitted continuous recording over prolonged intervals, there could also be carried out comparisons between metabolism at rest and under activity, and the alterations of oxygen consumption during the process of moulting could be measured.
Description:
Translated from German into English
Keywords:
Biology
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Ecology
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Limnology
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Freshwater crustaceans
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Experimental research
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Respiration
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Respiratory organs
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Salinity effects
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Salinity tolerance
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Metabolism
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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