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Corals harbouring genetically mixed communities of endosymbiotic algae (Symbiodinium) often show distribution patterns in accordance with differences in light climate across an individual colony. However, the
physiology of these genetically characterised communities is not well understood. Single stranded conformation polymorphism
(SSCP) and real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analyses were used to examine the genetic diversity of
the Symbiodinium community in hospite across an individual colony of Acropora valida at the spatial scale of single polyps. The physiological characteristics of the polyps were examined prior to sampling with
a combined O2 microelectrode with a fibre-optic microprobe (combined sensor diameter 50–100 μm) enabling simultaneous measurements of O2 concentration, gross photosynthesis rate and photosystem II (PSII) quantum yield at the coral surface as a function of increasing
irradiances. Both sun- and shade-adapted polyps were found to harbour either Symbiodinium clade C types alone or clades A and C simultaneously. Polyps were grouped in two categories according to (1) their orientation
towardps light, or (2) their symbiont community composition. Physiological differences were not detected between sun- and
shade-adapted polyps, but O2 concentration at 1,100 μmol photons m−2 s−1 was higher in polyps that harboured both clades A and C symbionts than in polyps that harboured clade C only. These results
suggest that the acclimatisation of zooxanthellae of individual polyps of an A. valida colony to ambient light levels may not be the only determinant of the photosynthetic capacity of zooxanthellae. Here, we
found that photosynthetic capacity is also likely to have a strong genetic basis and differs between genetically distinct
Symbiodinium types. 相似文献
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Short-term effects of temperature and irradiance on oxygenic photosynthesis and O2 consumption in a hypersaline cyanobacterial mat were investigated with O2 microsensors in a laboratory. The effect of temperature on O2 fluxes across the mat–water interface was studied in the dark and at a saturating high surface irradiance (2162 μmol photons
m−2 s−1) in the temperature range from 15 to 45 °C. Areal rates of dark O2 consumption increased almost linearly with temperature. The apparent activation energy of 18 kJ mol−1 and the corresponding Q
10 value (25 to 35 °C) of 1.3 indicated a relative low temperature dependence of dark O2 consumption due to mass transfer limitations imposed by the diffusive boundary layer at all temperatures. Areal rates of
net photosynthesis increased with temperature up to 40 °C and exhibited a Q
10 value (20 to 30 °C) of 2.8. Both O2 dynamics and rates of gross photosynthesis at the mat surface increased with temperature up to 40 °C, with the most pronounced
increase of gross photosynthesis at the mat surface between 25 and 35 °C (Q
10 of 3.1). In another mat sample, measurements at increasing surface irradiances (0 to 2319 μmol photons m−2 s−1) were performed at 25, 33 (the in situ temperature) and 40 °C. At all temperatures, areal rates of gross photosynthesis saturated
with no significant reduction due to photoinhibition at high irradiances. The initial slope and the onset of saturation (E
k = 148 to 185 μmol photons m−2 s−1) estimated from P versus E
d curves showed no clear trend with temperature, while maximal photosynthesis increased with temperature. Gross photosynthesis
was stimulated by temperature at each irradiance except at the lowest irradiance of 54 μmol photons m−2 s−1, where oxygenic gross photosynthesis and also the thickness of the photic zone was significantly reduced at 40 °C. The compensation
irradiance increased with temperature, from 32 μmol photons m−2 s−1 at 25 °C to 77 μmol photons m−2 s−1 at 40 °C, due to increased rates of O2 consumption relative to gross photosynthesis. Areal rates of O2 consumption in the illuminated mat were higher than dark O2 consumption at corresponding temperatures, due to an increasing O2 consumption in the photic zone with increasing irradiance. Both light and temperature enhanced the internal O2 cycling within hypersaline cyanobacterial mats.
Received: 30 November 1999 / Accepted: 11 April 2000 相似文献
3.
Little is known concerning the fine-scale diversity, population structure, and biogeography for Symbiodinium spp. populations inhabiting particular invertebrate species, including the gorgonian corals, which are prevalent members of reef communities in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and the western Atlantic. This study examined the Symbiodinium sp. clade B symbionts hosted by the Caribbean gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae (Bayer). A total of 575 colonies of P. elisabethae were sampled in 1995 and 1998–2000 from 12 populations lying along an ~450 km transect in the Bahamas and their Symbiodinium sp. clade B symbionts genotyped at two polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite loci. Twenty-three unique, two-locus genotypes were identified in association with these P. elisabethae colonies. Most colonies hosted only a single Symbiodinium sp. clade B genotype; however, in some instances ( n=25), two genotypes were harbored simultaneously. For 10 of the 12 populations, 66–100% of the P. elisabethae colonies hosted the same symbiont genotype. Added to this, in 9 of the 12 populations, a Symbiodinium sp. clade B genotype was either unique to a population or found infrequently in other populations. This distribution of Symbiodinium sp. clade B genotypes resulted in statistically significant ( P<0.05 or <0.001) differentiation in 62 of 66 pairwise comparisons of P. elisabethae populations. Tests of linkage disequilibrium suggested that a combination of clonal propagation of the haploid phase and recombination is responsible for maintaining these distinct Symbiodinium sp. clade B populations. 相似文献
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The shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, is a highly streamlined epipelagic predator that has several anatomical and physiological specializations hypothesized to
increase aerobic swimming performance. A large swim-tunnel respirometer was used to measure oxygen consumption (MO2) in juvenile mako sharks (swimming under controlled temperature and flow conditions) to test the hypothesis that the mako
shark has an elevated maintenance metabolism when compared to other sharks of similar size swimming at the same water temperature.
Specimen collections were conducted off the coast of southern California, USA (32.94°N and 117.37°W) in 2001-2002 at sea-surface
temperatures of 16.0–21.0°C. Swimming MO2 and tail beat frequency (TBF) were measured for nine mako sharks [77–107 cm in total length (TL) and 4.4 to 9.5 kg body mass]
at speeds from 28 to 54 cm s−1 (0.27–0.65 TL s−1) and water temperatures of 16.5–19.5°C. Standard metabolic rate (SMR) was estimated from the extrapolation to 0-velocity
of the linear regression through the LogMO2 and swimming speed data. The estimated LogSMR (±SE) for the pooled data was 2.0937 ± 0.058 or 124 mg O2 kg−1 h−1. The routine metabolic rate (RMR) calculated from seventeen MO2 measurements from all specimens, at all test speeds was (mean ± SE) 344 ± 22 mg O2 kg−1h−1 at 0.44 ± 0.03 TL s−1. The maximum metabolic rate (MMR) measured for any one shark in this study was 541 mg O2 kg−1h−1 at 54 cm s−1 (0.65 TL s−1). The mean (±SE) TBF for 39 observations of steady swimming at all test speeds was 1.00 ± 0.01 Hz, which agrees with field
observations of 1.03 ± 0.03 Hz in four undisturbed free-swimming mako sharks observed during the same time period. These findings
suggest that the estimate of SMR for juvenile makos is comparable to that recorded for other similar-sized, ram-ventilating
shark species (when corrected for differences in experimental temperature). However, the mako RMR and MMR are apparently among
the highest measured for any shark species. 相似文献
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Loss of zooxanthellae (dinoflagellate Symbiodinium) from corals will sometimes lead to mass mortality of corals. To detect and quantify Symbiodinium released from corals, we developed a zooxanthellae “trap” and a quantitative PCR (qPCR) system with Symbiodinium clades A–F-specific primer sets. The trap was attached to a branch or the surface of several wild stony corals, and the water
samples within the traps, including released Symbiodinium, were subjected to qPCR. All tested corals released clade C Symbiodinium at estimates of ~5,900 cells h−1 cm−2 of coral surface. Although all tested Pocillopora eydouxi harboured both clades C and D, some of these colonies released only clade C or released a lesser amount of clade D than that
in the tissues. Our Symbiodinium quantification system revealed that wild hermatypic corals constantly release Symbiodinium to the environment. Our result suggests that some corals may discharge certain clades of Symbiodinium alternatively. 相似文献
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A temperature-dependent growth model is presented for nauplii and copepodites of the estuarine calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa from southern Europe (Portugal). Development was followed from egg to adult in the laboratory at four temperatures (10, 15, 18 and 22°C) and under saturating food conditions (>1,000 μg C l−1). Development times versus incubation temperature were fitted to a Belehradek’s function, showing that development times decreased with increasing incubation temperature: at 10°C, A. tonsa need 40.3 days to reach adult stage, decreasing to 8.9 days when reared at 22°C. ANCOVA (homogeneity of slopes) showed that temperature (P<0.001) and growth phase (P<0.01) had a significant effect on the growth rate. Over the range of temperatures tested in this study, highest weight-specific growth rates were found during naupliar development (NI–NVI) and varied from 0.185 day−1 (10°C) to 0.880 day−1 (22°C) with a Q
10 equal to 3.66. During copepodite growth (CI–CV), the weight-specific growth rates ranged from 0.125 day−1 (10°C) to 0.488 day−1 (22°C) with a Q
10 equal to 3.12. The weight-specific growth rates (g) followed temperature (T) by a linear relationship and described as ln g=−2.962+0.130 T (r
2=0.99, P<0.001) for naupliar stages and ln g=−3.134+0.114T (r
2=0.97, P<0.001) for copepodite stages. By comparing in situ growth rates (juvenile growth and fecundity) for A. tonsa taken from the literature with the temperature-dependent growth model defined here we suggest that the adult females of A. tonsa are more frequently food limited than juveniles. 相似文献
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At specific locations within the Baltic Sea, thermoclines and haloclines can create rapid spatial and temporal changes in
temperature (T) and salinity (S) exceeding 10°C and 9 psu with seasonal ranges in temperature exceeding 20°C. These wide ranges in abiotic factors affect
the distribution and abundance of Baltic Sea copepods via species-specific, physiological-based impacts on vital rates. In
this laboratory study, we characterized the influence of T and S on aspects of reproductive success and naupliar survival of a southwestern Baltic population of Temora longicornis (Copepoda: Calanoida). First, using ad libitum feeding conditions, we measured egg production (EP, no. of eggs female−1 day−1) at 12 different temperatures between 2.5 and 24°C, observing the highest mean EP at 16.9°C (12 eggs female−1 day−1). Next, the effect of S on EP and hatching success (HS, %) was quantified at 12°C for cohorts that had been acclimated to either 8, 14, 20 or 26 psu
and tested at each of five salinities (8, 14, 20, 26 and 32 psu). The mean EP was highest for (and maximum EP similar among)
14, 20 and 26 psu cohorts when tested at their acclimation salinity whereas EP was lower at other salinities. For adults reared
at 8 psu, a commonly encountered salinity in Baltic surface waters, EP was relatively low at all test salinities—a pattern
indicative of osmotic stress. When incubated at 12°C and 15 different salinities between 0 and 34 psu, HS increased asymptotically
with increasing S and was maximal (82.6–84.3%) between 24 and 26 psu. However, HS did depend upon the adult acclimation salinity. Finally,
the 48-h survival of nauplii hatched and reared at 14 psu at one of six different temperatures (10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20°C)
was measured after exposure to a novel salinity (either 7 or 20 psu). Upon exposure to 7 psu, 48-h naupliar mortality increased
with increasing temperature, ranging from 26.7% at 10°C to 63.2% at 20°C. In contrast, after exposure to 20 psu, mortality
was relatively low at all temperatures (1.7% at 10°C and ≤26.7% for all other temperatures). An intra-specific comparison
of EP for three different T. longicornis populations revealed markedly different temperature optima and clearly demonstrated the negative impact of brackish (Baltic)
salinities. Our results provide estimates of reproductive success and early survival of T. longicornis to the wide ranges of temperatures and salinities that will aid ongoing biophysical modeling examining climate impacts on
this species within the Baltic Sea. 相似文献
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Nathan L. Kirk Jason P. Andras C. Drew Harvell Scott R. Santos Mary Alice Coffroth 《Marine Biology》2009,156(8):1609-1623
Numerous marine invertebrates form endosymbiotic relationships with dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium. However, few studies have examined the fine-scale population structure of these symbionts. Here, we describe the genetic
structure of Symbiodinium type “B1/B184” inhabiting the gorgonian Gorgonia
ventalina along the Florida Keys. Six polymorphic microsatellite loci were utilized to examine 16 populations along the Upper, Middle,
and Lower Keys spanning a range of ~200 km. Multiple statistical tests detected significant differentiation in 54–92% of the
120 possible pairwise comparisons between localities, suggesting low levels of gene flow in these dinoflagellates. In general,
populations clustered by geographic region and/or reefs in close proximity. Some of the sharpest population differentiation
was detected between Symbiodinium from deep and shallow sites on the same reef. In spite of the high degree of population structure, alleles and genotypes
were shared among localities, indicating some connectivity between Symbiodinium populations associated with G. ventalina.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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The effect of ration size, temperature and body weight on specific dynamic action of the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The effect of meal size (shrimp Crangon crangon) [0.83–18.82% dry body weight (Dw)] on specific dynamic action (SDA) was assessed in cuttlefish Sepia officinalis (1.03–6.25 g Dw) held at 15 and 20°C. Cuttlefish <2 g significantly expended less energy in feeding and digesting their meal
than cuttlefish >2 g when given the same quantity of food. Handling, eating and digesting a shrimp meal was temperature dependent
with cuttlefish processing and digesting a similar sized shrimp meal faster at 20°C than at 15°C. The proportional increase
in oxygen consumption (2.07 ± 0.02) was not correlated with feeding rate (FR) and was independent of temperature and cuttlefish
size. The SDA peak was not correlated with FRs, and increased as cuttlefish size and temperature increased. The mean SDA coefficient
was 0.87 ± 0.07% of the ingested energy; one of the lowest SDA values recorded amongst vertebrates and invertebrates. Daily
energy requirements (KJ day−1) for S. officinalis were calculated from laboratory estimates of energy losses due to standard (MO2
Standard), routine (MO2
Routine) and feeding (MO2
SDA) oxygen consumption. Laboratory estimates of daily metabolic expenditures were combined with results from previous investigations
to construct an energy budget for 1 and 5 g cuttlefish consuming a meal of 5 and 15% Dw at 20°C and the amount of energy available
for growth was estimated to be between 35 and 80.3% of the ingested energy. 相似文献
10.
Effect of temperature fluctuations and food supply on the growth and metabolism of juvenile sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
On the eastern shore of Nova Scotia late summer atmospheric systems cause upwelling of shelf water; the associated temperature
variations of 10 °C with a 6 to 8 d period are comparable in magnitude to the seasonal variation. A laboratory study was undertaken
to assess the effects of these temperature fluctuations on sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) growth and metabolism. In a factorial design, scallops were subjected to constant (10 °C) or a variable (6 to 15 °C) 8 d
temperature cycle, and either a low (seston in filtered seawater) or high (seston supplemented with cultured phytoplankton)
food diet. During the 48 d experiment scallop mortality was low and growth positive in all treatments. Shell and total tissue
growth rate did not differ between temperature treatments, but growth in the high food treatments was 40 to 50% higher than
in the low food treatments. However, soft tissue (excluding adductor) growth did show a temperature treatment effect; growth
rates were significantly higher in the fluctuating temperature treatment, due in part to greater gonad development. Weight-standardized
rates of scallop oxygen consumption (V
sO2 , μmol O2 g−1 h−1) were 20 to 25% higher in high food than in low food treatments, consistent with the expected increase in respiration due
to the higher growth rates. Scallop metabolism did not acclimate to the fluctuating temperature cycle; V
sO2 and ammonium excretion (V
sNH+
4, μmol O2 g−1 h−1) remained dependent on ambient temperature throughout the experiment. V
sNH+
4 Q10 (2.77) was higher than V
sO2 Q10 (2.01) which was reflected in a decrease in the O:N ratio at 15 °C, indicating a shift toward increased protein catabolism
and a stressed state. At 10 °C, V
sO2 and V
sNH+
4 in the variable temperature treatments were 15 to 18% lower than in the constant temperature treatments, a difference that
was not detected in growth measurements. Results demonstrate that the metabolism of Placopecten magellanicus, unlike some bivalve species, is tightly coupled to fluctuations in ambient temperature. Although an absence of compensatory
acclimation had a minimal effect on growth in this study, if high temperatures were combined with low food conditions a reduction
in scallop production could result.
Received: 23 June 1998 / Accepted: 8 February 1999 相似文献
11.
Balanus amphitrite, an acorn barnacle, is distinctly euryhaline, eurythermal and a dominant fouling organism found in warm and temperate waters throughout the world. In this study, the influence of temperature and food concentration on the reproductive biology of this species collected from a tropical habitat was evaluated. Adult barnacles were maintained at 20, 25 and 30°C temperatures at different concentrations of food (50, 100, 150 and 200 Artemia ind−1 day−1). In this previously believed obligatory cross-fertilizing hermaphrodite, self-fertilization was observed. The rise in temperature from 20 to 30°C resulted in a longer interbreeding interval (6–7 days, 200 Artemia ind−1 day−1; 11–13 days, 50 Artemia ind−1 day−1). Computed carbon gained through feeding during the interbreeding interval indicated an inverse relationship to the temperature. At 20°C, although a greater amount of carbon was gained through feeding, the numbers of larvae produced were fivefold less when compared to those raised at 30°C. At 20°C, 2.3 μg C was required to produce a single larva, whereas at 30°C it was 0.4 μg C. A rise in rearing temperature also influenced the molting rate positively. Observations on temporal variation in the gonad development of this species in a tropical coastal environment influenced by the monsoons indicated gonad development to be positively related to chlorophyll a concentration. 相似文献
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Peter J. Edmunds 《Marine Biology》2008,154(1):153-162
Tropical reef corals are well known for their sensitivity to rising temperature, yet surprisingly little is known of the mechanisms
through which temperature acts on intact coral colonies. One such mechanism recently has been suggested by the association
between the growth of juvenile corals and seawater temperature in the Caribbean, which suggests that temperature causes a
transition between isometric and allometric growth scaling in warmer versus cooler years, respectively (Edmunds in Proc R
Soc B 273:2275–2281, 2006). Here, this correlative association is tested experimentally for a cause-and-effect relationship. During April and May 2006,
juvenile colonies (8–35 mm diameter) of massive Porites spp. from Moorea, French Polynesia, were incubated at warm (27.8°C) and cool (25.7°C) temperatures for 15 days, and their
response assessed through the scaling of growth (change in weight) with colony size. The results reveal that the scaling of
colony-specific growth (mg colony−1 day−1) was unaffected by temperature, although growth absolutely was greater at the cool compared to the warm temperature, regardless
of colony size. This outcome was caused by contrasting scaling relationships for area-specific growth (mg cm−2 day−1) that were negatively allometric under warm conditions, but independent of size under cool conditions. In April 2007, a 22
days field experiment confirmed that the scaling of area-specific growth in juvenile Porites spp. is negatively allometric at a warm temperature of 29.5°C. Based on strong allometry for tissue thickness, biomass, and
Symbiodinium density in freshly collected Porites spp., it is hypothesized that the temperature-dependency of growth scaling in these small corals is mediated by the interaction
of temperature with biomass. 相似文献
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The underlying physiological mechanisms explaining why the adult penaeid prawn Litopenaeus stylirostris cannot successfully face heavy stressful events on the low edge of its thermopreferendum (20–22°C) were studied during the
austral winter. Prawns were studied during recovery from net fishing and rapid transfer from outdoor earthen ponds into indoor
facilities. This was assimilated to a predator–prey interaction. O2-consumption, hemolymph osmotic pressure (OPh), arterial O2 partial pressure (PO2), a–v O2-capacitance and mortality rates were analysed. Data were compared to similar challenges performed at 28°C during the austral
summer. At 20–22°C, mortality of up to 70% was observed after 2 days whereas at 28°C, maximum mortality was 3–5%. Mortality
occurred when OPh shifted towards equilibrium with seawater, the resting O2-consumption, the a–v O2-capacitance and the arterial PO2 went down to minimal values. These events can be counterbalanced by transiently hyper-oxygenating the hemolymph or by blocking
the OPh shift in isosmotic water (Wabete et al. in Aquaculture 260:181–193, 2006): both led to a dramatic decrease in mortality. It is concluded that in penaeid prawns L. stylirostris, a mismatch between O2-demand and O2-supply contributes to setting the geographical limits for this animal species through an impairment of their hemolymph O2-carrying capacity during heavy stressful events like chasing by predators. 相似文献
14.
Peter J. Edmunds 《Marine Biology》2009,156(9):1797-1808
This study tested the effects of acclimatization on the response of corals to elevated temperature, using juvenile massive
Porites spp. and branching P. irregularis from Moorea (W149°50′, S17°30′). During April and May 2006, corals were acclimatized for 15 days to cool (25.7°C) or ambient
(27.7°C) temperature, under shaded (352 μmol photons m−2 s−1) or ambient (554 μmol photons m−2 s−1) natural light, and then incubated for 7 days at ambient or high temperature (31.1°C), under ambient light (659 μmol photons
m−2 s−1). The response to acclimatization was assessed as biomass, maximum dark-adapted quantum yield of PSII (F
v/F
m), and growth, and the effect of the subsequent treatment was assessed as F
v/F
m and growth. Relative to the controls (i.e., ambient temperature/ambient light), massive Porites spp. responded to acclimatization through increases in biomass under ambient temperature/shade, and low temperature/ambient
light, whereas P. irregularis responded through reduced growth under ambient temperature/shade, and low temperature/ambient light. Acclimatization affected
the response to thermal stress for massive Porites spp. (but not P. irregularis), with an interaction between the acclimatization and subsequent treatments for growth. This interaction resulted from a
lessening of the negative effects of high temperature after acclimatizing to ambient temperature/shade, but an accentuation
of the effect after acclimatizing to low temperature/shade. It is possible that changes in biomass for massive Porites spp. are important in modulating the response to high temperature, with the taxonomic variation in this effect potentially
resulting from differences in morphology. These results demonstrate that corals can acclimatize during short exposures to
downward excursions in temperature and light, which subsequently affects their response to thermal stress. Moreover, even
con-generic taxa differ in this capacity, which could affect coral community structure.
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In this study, juvenile colonies of massive Porites spp. (a combination of P. lutea and P. lobata) from the lagoon of Moorea (W 149°50′, S 17°30′) were damaged and exposed to contrasting conditions of temperature and flow
to evaluate how damage and abiotic conditions interact to affect growth, physiological performance, and recovery. The experiment
was conducted in April and May 2008 and consisted of two treatments in which corals were either undamaged (controls) or damaged
through gouging of tissue and skeleton in a discrete spot mimicking the effects of corallivorous fishes that utilize an excavating
feeding mode. The two groups of corals were incubated for 10 days in microcosms that crossed levels of temperature (26.7 and
29.6°C) and flow (6 and 21 cm s−1), and the response assessed as overall colony growth (change in weight), dark-adapted quantum yield of PSII (F
v/F
m), and healing of the gouged areas. The influence of damage on growth was affected by temperature, but not by flow. When averaged
across flow treatments, damage promoted growth by 25% at 26.7°C, but caused a 25% inhibition at 29.6°C. The damage also affected
F
v/F
m in a pattern that differed between flow speeds, with a 10% reduction at 6 cm s−1, but a 4% increase at 21 cm s−1. Regardless of damage, F
v/F
m at 21 cm s−1 was 11% lower at 26.7°C than at 29.6°C, but was unaffected by temperature at 6 cm s−1. The lesions declined in area at similar rates (4–5% day−1) under all conditions, although the tissue within them regained a normal appearance most rapidly at 26.7°C and 6 cm s−1. These findings show that the response of poritid corals to sub-lethal damage is dependent partly on abiotic conditions,
and they are consistent with the hypothesis that following damage, calcification and photosynthesis can compete for metabolites
necessary for repair, with the outcome affected by flow-mediated mass transfer. These results may shed light upon the ways
in which poritid corals respond to biting by certain corallivorous fishes. 相似文献
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The population of species Corophium urdaibaiense has been studied for a year in the Urdaibai estuary (NE Spain). The new species is characterised by its preference for muddy
sand sediments (15% of mud) and the long body size (with a maximum length of 10.24 mm). The maximum abundance occurs in November
(11,600 ind m−2); it almost disappears at the end of spring. The juveniles represent 79% of the population and the recruitment is concentrated
within the October–December period. The breeding period begins in May, when the temperature is above 15°C, and it ceases in
November, when the temperature is below 15°C. Bivoltinism is probable, taking into account the latitude (43°), temperature
range (12–25°C) and breeding period (May and August–October), but the data are not sufficiently consistent to confirm the
hypothesis. The production ranges from 2.93 to 5.85 g m−2 year−1, considering one and two generations per year, respectively. Some aspects concerning the food availability, predation and
intraspecific competition could have an influence on the dynamics of the population and are discussed. 相似文献
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Respiration rates and elemental composition (carbon and nitrogen) were determined for four dominant oncaeid copepods (Triconia borealis, Triconia canadensis, Oncaea grossa and Oncaea parila) from 0–1,000 m depth in the western subarctic Pacific. Across the four species of which dry weight (DW) varied from 2.0
to 32 μg, respiration rates measured at in situ temperature (3°C) increased with DW, ranging from 0.84 to 7.4 nl O2 individual−1 h−1. Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) composition of the four oncaeid species ranged from 49–57% of DW and 7.0–10.3% of DW, respectively,
and the resultant C:N ratios were 4.8–8.3. The high C contents and C:N ratios were reflected by large accumulation of lipids
in their body. Specific respiration rates (SR, a fraction of body C respired per day) ranged between 0.5 and 1.3% day−1. Respiration rates adjusted to a body size of 1 mg body N (i.e. adjusted metabolic rates, AMR) of the four oncaeid species
[0.6–1.1 μl O2 (mg body N)−0.8 h−1 at 3°C] were significantly lower than those (1.7–5.1) reported in the literature for oithonid and calanoid copepods at the
same temperature. The present results indicate that lower metabolic expenditure due to less active swimming (pseudopelagic
life mode) together with rich energy reserve in the body (as lipids) are the characters of oncaeid copepods inhabiting in
the epi- and mesopelagic zones of this region. 相似文献
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Gorgonian species may contribute to the three-dimensional seascape in soft bottom-gravel areas, but the information on their
biology and ecology is very scarce. The biometry and secondary production of the Mediterranean soft bottom-gravel passive
suspension feeder Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) was studied using photographic monitoring of the primary branches from May 1998 to September 2000.
The primary branches observed had a high density of polyps (2.2 ± 0.2 SD polyps mm−1) and a high organic matter content (63.2 ± 9.1 SD %). During the two-year sampling period, there was a net negative growth
in 90% of the gorgonian population. The mean loss during the 27-month period was −2.9 ± 0.9 SD cm per branch (5.7 mg C branch−1). However, considering only the initial and final diameters and maximum height in the 27 months elapsed time, the gorgonians
showed positive growth, which meant that photographic sampling of single branches was a more appropriate method for gorgonian
secondary production monitoring. A water mass anomaly detected in 1999 in the north-western Mediterranean Sea may have been
the cause of the net negative growth in L. sarmentosa in the studied area. Partial mortality due to different factors, such as strong currents, predation, disease, etc., could
be a common strategy in sessile colonial benthic populations that would facilitate their maintenance even during very stressful
circumstances. 相似文献
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Simon Anthony Morley Koh Siang Tan Robert W. Day Stephanie M. Martin Hans-O. Pörtner Lloyd S. Peck 《Marine Biology》2009,156(10):1977-1984
The upper thermal limits for burrowing and survival were compared with micro-habitat temperature for anomalodesmatan clams:
Laternula elliptica (Antarctica, 67°S); Laternula recta, (temperate Australia, 38°S) and Laternula truncata (tropical Singapore, 1°N). Lethal limits (LT50) were higher than burrowing limits (BT50) in L. elliptica (7.5–9.0 and 2.2°C) and L. recta (winter, 32.8–36.8 and 31.1–32.8°C) but the same range for L. truncata (33.0–35.0 and 33.4–34.9°C). L. elliptica and L. truncata had a BT50 0.4 and 2.4–3.9°C, respectively, above their maximum experienced temperature. L. recta, which experience solar heating during midday low tides, had a BT50 0.7–2.4°C below and a range for LT50 that spanned their predicted environmental maximum (33.5°C). L. recta showed no seasonal difference in LT50 or BT50. Our single genus comparisons contrast with macrophysiological studies showing that temperate species cope better with elevated
temperatures.
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Symbiont specificity and bleaching susceptibility among soft corals in the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching event 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Considerable variability in bleaching was observed within and among soft coral taxa in the order Alcyonacea (Octocorallia:
Cnidaria) on the central Great Barrier Reef (GBR, latitude 18.2°–19.0°S, longitude 146.4°–147.3°E) during the 1998 mass coral
bleaching event. In April 1998, during a period of high sea surface temperatures, tissue samples were taken from bleached
and unbleached colonies representative of 17 soft coral genera. The genetic identities of intracellular dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) in these samples were analyzed using PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis fingerprinting analysis of the internal
transcribed spacer regions 1 and 2. Alcyonaceans from the GBR exhibited a high level of symbiont specificity for Symbiodinium types mostly in clade C. A rare clade D type (D3) was associated only with Clavularia koellikeri, while Nephthea sp. hosted symbionts in clade B (B1n and B36). Homogenous Symbiodinium clade populations were detected in all but one colony. Colonies that appeared bleached possessed symbiont types that were
genetically indistinguishable from those in nonbleached conspecifics. These data suggest that parameters other than the resident
endosymbionts such as host identity and colony acclimatization are important in determining bleaching susceptibility among
soft corals.
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