Publication Date:
2021-07-07
Description:
It is known that an adequately large amount of work has been devoted to investigations on the influence of temperature on the growth period of aquatic invertebrates. However, the action of the given factors on the basic biological characteristics of embryonic growth in crustaceans is virtually unknown. An experimental study of the effectiveness of the transformation of matter and energy during the period of embryogenesis in the isopod Asellus aquaticus L. under different constant temperatures was carried out. Specimens were collected in the quarry lakes of the Kurasovshchin zone (city-Minsk). The authors developed a quantitative analysis of the basic energetic properties of animals during one of the physiological stages at different constant temperatures, which allows one to determine the temperature range in which the expenditure of energy, at a given instance during embryonic growth, is minimised. For A. aquaticus this range is represented by the limits 10-22°C, during which the least expenditure of energy is observed between 14.5 and 18.8°C.
Description:
Translated from Russian into English
Keywords:
Biology
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Ecology
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Limnology
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Freshwater crustaceans
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Embryonic development
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Embryos
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Temperature effects
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Asellus aquaticus
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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