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Weathers WW Gerhart KL Hodum PJ 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》2000,170(8):561-572
We measured resting metabolic rates at air temperatures between ca. −5 and 30 °C in snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea), cape petrels (Daption capense), Antarctic petrels (Thalassoica antarctica), and Antarctic fulmars (Fulmarus glacialoides). We measured seven age classes for each species: adults, and nestlings that were 3, 8, 15, 28, 35, and 42 days old. Basal
metabolic rate (BMR) and thermal conductance (C) of adults averaged, respectively, 140% and 100% of values predicted allometrically
for nonpasserine birds. Minimum metabolic rates of unfasted nestlings aged 15–42 days averaged, respectively, 97% and 98%
of predicted adult BMR in Antarctic petrels and snow petrels, versus 119% and 126% of predicted in Antarctic fulmars and cape
petrels. Nestlings of the southerly breeding snow petrel and Antarctic petrel were relatively well insulated compared with
nestlings of other high-latitude seabirds. Adult lower critical temperature (Tlc) was inversely related to body mass and averaged 9 °C lower than predicted allometrically. As nestlings grew, their Tlc decreased with increasing body mass from ca. 14 to 22 °C (depending upon species) at 3 days of age, to −4 to 8 °C when nestlings
attained peak mass. Nestling Tlc subsequently increased as body mass decreased during pre-fledging weight recession. Nestling Tlc was close to mean air temperature from the end of brooding until fledging in the three surface nesting species.
Accepted: 12 July 2000 相似文献
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Geiser F Brigham RM 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》2000,170(2):153-162
Previous studies have suggested that Australian long-eared bats (Nyctophilus) differ from northern-hemisphere bats with respect to their thermal physiology and patterns of torpor. To determine whether
this is a general trait of Australian bats, we characterised the temporal organisation of torpor and quantified metabolic
rates and body temperatures of normothermic and torpid Australian bats (Nyctophilus geoffroyi, 7 g and N. gouldi, 10 g) over a range of air temperatures and in different seasons. The basal metabolic rate of normothermic bats was 1.36 ± 0.17 ml g−1 h−1 (N. geoffroyi) and 1.22 ± 0.13 ml g−1 h−1 (N. gouldi), about 65% of that predicted by allometric equations, and the corresponding body temperature was about 36 °C. Below an air
temperature of about 25 °C bats usually remained normothermic for only brief periods and typically entered torpor. Arousal
from torpor usually occurred shortly after the beginning of the dark phase and torpor re-entry occurred almost always during
the dark phase after normothermic periods of only 111 ± 48 min (N. geoffroyi) and 115 ± 66 min (N. gouldi). At air temperatures below 10 °C, bats remained torpid for more than 1 day. Bats that were measured overnight had steady-state
torpor metabolic rates representing only 2.7% (N. geoffroyi) and 4.2% (N. gouldi) of the basal metabolic rate, and their body temperatures fell to minima of 1.4 and 2.3 °C, respectively. In contrast, bats
measured entirely during the day, as in previous studies, had torpor metabolic rates that were up to ten times higher than
those measured overnight. The steady-state torpor metabolic rate of thermoconforming torpid bats showed an exponential relationship
with body temperature (r
2 = 0.94), suggesting that temperature effects are important for reduction of metabolic rate below basal levels. However, the
75% reduction of metabolic rate between basal metabolic rate and torpor metabolic rate at a body temperature of 29.3 °C suggests
that metabolic inhibition also plays an important role. Torpor metabolic rate showed little or no seasonal change. Our study
suggests that Australian Nyctophilus bats have a low basal metabolic rate and that their patterns of torpor are similar to those measured in bats from the northern
hemisphere. The low basal metabolic rate and the high proclivity of these bats for using torpor suggest that they are constrained
by limited energy availability and that heterothermy plays a key role in their natural biology.
Accepted: 22 November 1999 相似文献
3.
Changes in selected aspects of immune function in the leopard frog, Rana pipiens, associated with exposure to cold 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Gregory D. Maniero Cynthia Carey 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1997,167(4):256-263
The effect of exposure to low temperatures (5 °C) on lymphocyte proliferation, leukocyte populations, and serum complement
levels was examined in the northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Proliferation of T lymphocytes in response to phytohemagglutinin stimulation was significantly decreased in frogs kept for
2, 3, and 5 months at 5 °C compared to that of animals kept at 22 °C. A significant increase in the average percentage of
neutrophils and a decrease in the mean percentage of eosinophils was observed in the blood of frogs held for 5 months in the
cold compared to animals held at 22 °C for the same length of time. Mean serum complement activity after 1 month at 5 °C was
significantly reduced in comparison to animals held at 22 °C and was not detectable after 5 months in the cold. Recovery of
complement levels at room temperature (22 °C) was also examined after cold exposure. Complement levels were significantly
higher than controls (at 22 °C) in frogs returned to 22 °C for 7 and 14 days after 5 months in the cold. After frogs were
held at 5 °C for 1 month, serum complement levels increased significantly within 2 days after returning to 22 °C and continued
to rise 5 and 9 days after warming. Injections with Aeromonas hydrophila following a 5-week exposure to 5 °C failed to cause death or observable symptoms of disease in frogs that were returned to
22 °C.
Accepted: 20 November 1996 相似文献
4.
We studied in batch reactors the kinetics and characterization of 70 °C, volatile fatty acids (VFAs)-grown, upflow anaerobic
sludge blanket granular sludge with 55 and 35 °C sludge as reference. The half-saturation constant (K
s), the inhibition constant (K
i), the maximum specific methane production rate (μCH4max), and the inhibition response coefficient (n) of the 70 °C sludge were 6.15 mM, 48.2 mM, 0.132 h−1, and 2.48, respectively, while no inhibition occurred at 55 and 35 °C, where the K
s was 3.67 and 3.82 mM, respectively. At 70 °C, the highest initial specific methanogenic activity (ISMA, 0.311 gCH4-COD per gram volatile solids per day) on VFAs was about 12–15% lower than that on acetate and three to four times less than
the ISMA for the 55 and 35 °C sludge. In the acetate conversion study, residual acetate (79 mg l−1) at 70 °C was three to five times higher than that at 55 and 35 °C. Further, the methane produced as percentage of the acetate
consumed at 70 °C (89%) was lower than that at 55 (95%) and 35 °C (97%). At 70 °C, 10% of the ISMA remained after 15 days
of starvation as compared to 26% (55 °C) and 92% (35 °C) after 30 days of starvation. Thus, the kinetics of the 70 °C granular
sludge seem to differ from those at 55 and 35 °C.
Received: 1 February 1999 / Accepted: 20 March 1999 相似文献
5.
Oxygen toxicity of the central nervous system (CNS) can occur as convulsions and loss of consciousness, with no warning symptoms.
A quantitative study of the effect of metabolic rate on sensitivity to oxygen toxicity was made in the rat. A group of 19
rats were exposed (126 exposures) to 12 combinations of four pressures (456, 507, 608 and 709 kPa) and three ambient temperatures
(15, 23 and 29°C) until the appearance of the first electrical discharge (FED) preceding clinical convulsions. Carbon dioxide
production (V˙CO2) was also measured. A thermoneutral zone (mean V˙CO2 0.87 ml · g−1 · h−1) existed between the temperatures of 24 and 29°C; at temperatures lower than this, the metabolic rate increased by 1.2 to
4 times the resting level. Latency of FED decreased linearly with the increase in V˙CO2 at all four oxygen pressures. The slopes (absolute value) and intercepts decreased with the increase in oxygen pressure.
This linear relationship made possible the derivation of an equation which described latency of the FED as a function of both
oxygen pressure and metabolic rate. Various environmental and other physiological factors that have been said to influence
sensitivity to CNS oxygen toxicity, enhancing the effect of the partial pressure of oxygen, can be explained by their effect
on metabolic rate. It is suggested that in situations where there is a risk of oxygen toxicity of the CNS, that risk would
be reduced by a lower metabolic rate.
Accepted: 4 May 1998 相似文献
6.
Wilson RS James RS Johnston IA 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》2000,170(2):117-124
Among amphibians, the ability to compensate for the effects of temperature on the locomotor system by thermal acclimation
has only been reported in larvae of a single species of anuran. All other analyses have examined predominantly terrestrial
adult life stages of amphibians and found no evidence of thermal acclimatory capacity. We examined the ability of both tadpoles
and adults of the fully aquatic amphibian Xenopus laevis to acclimate their locomotor system to different temperatures. Tadpoles were acclimated to either 12 °C or 30 °C for 4 weeks
and their burst swimming performance was assessed at four temperatures between 5 °C and 30 °C. Adult X. laevis were acclimated to either 10 °C or 25 °C for 6 weeks and their burst swimming performance and isolated muscle performance
was determined at six temperatures between 5 °C and 30 °C. Maximum swimming performance of cold-acclimated X. laevis tadpoles was greater at cool temperatures and lower at the highest temperature in comparison with the warm-acclimated animals.
At the test temperature of 12 °C, maximum swimming velocity of tadpoles acclimated to 12 °C was 38% higher than the 30 °C-acclimation
group, while at 30 °C, maximum swimming velocity of the 30 °C-acclimation group was 41% faster than the 12 °C-acclimation
group. Maximum swimming performance of adult X. laevis acclimated to 10 °C was also higher at the lower temperatures than the 25 °C acclimated animals, but there was no difference
between the treatment groups at higher temperatures. When tested at 10 °C, maximum swimming velocity of the 10 °C-acclimation
group was 67% faster than the 25 °C group. Isolated gastrocnemius muscle fibres from adult X. laevis acclimated to 10 °C produced higher relative tetanic tensions and decreased relaxation times at 10 °C in comparison with
animals acclimated to 25 °C. This is only the second species of amphibian, and the first adult life stage, reported to have
the capacity to thermally acclimate locomotor performance.
Accepted: 28 October 1999 相似文献
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Effects of hypothermic hypoxia on anaerobic energy metabolism in isolated anuran livers 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
C. A. Fedorow T. A. Churchill N. M. Kneteman 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1998,168(8):555-561
Many lower vertebrates (reptilian and amphibian species) are capable of surviving natural episodes of hypoxia and hypothermia.
It is by specific metabolic adaptations that anurans are able to tolerate prolonged exposure to harsh environmental stresses.
In this study, it was hypothesized that livers from an aquatic frog would possess an inherent metabolic ability to sustain
high levels of ATP in an isolated organ system, providing insight into a metabolic system that is well-adapted for low temperature
in vitro organ storage. Frogs of the species, R. pipiens were acclimated at 20 °C and at 5 °C. Livers were preserved using a clinical preservation solution after flushing. Livers
from 20 °C-acclimated frogs were stored at 20 °C and 5 °C and livers from 5 °C-acclimated frogs were stored at 5 °C. The results
indicated that hepatic adenylate status was maintained for 96 h during 5 °C storage, but not longer than 4–10 h during 20 °C
storage. In livers from 5 °C-acclimated animals subjected to 5 °C storage, ATP was maintained at 100% throughout the 96-h
period. Warm acclimation (20 °C) and 20 °C storage resulted in poorer maintenance of ATP; energy charge values dropped to
0.50 within 2 h and by 24 h, only 24% of control ATP remained. Lactate levels remained less than 25 μ mol/g dry weight in
all 5 °C-stored livers; 20 °C-stored livers exhibited greater accumulation of this anaerobic end-product (lactate reached
45–50 μ mol/g by 10 h). The data imply that hepatic adenylate status is largely dependent on exposure to hypothermic hypoxia
and although small amounts of ATP were accounted for by anaerobic glycolysis, there must have been either a substantial reduction
in cellular energy-utilization or an efficient use of low oxygen tensions.
Accepted: 24 August 1998 相似文献
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H. Hebestreit O. Bar-Or 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1998,78(1):7-12
Heart rate (HR) monitoring is commonly used to assess 24-h energy expenditure (EE) in children but it has been found to overestimate
the true values. One reason for this may be the effect of climatic heat stress on HR. An equation has been previously developed
to adjust HR measured during continuous exercise for the influence of climate. Since play in children is rarely of a continuous
pattern, one objective of this study was to compare the effects of climatic heat stress on the HR response to intermittent
and to continuous exercise. A second objective was to determine whether the previously developed equation is suitable for
intermittent exercise. A group of 12 boys and 8 girls (aged 8–11 years) cycled in a climatic chamber. The exercise consisted
of continuous cycling for 5 min at 35%, 55%, and 75% of peak oxygen up take (random order) followed by alternating cycling
at the same resistance and cadence (30 s) and rest (30 s) for 3 additional min. The oxygen uptake (V˙O2) and HR were determined for 2 min at the end of continuous cycling and for 2 min during intermittent cycling. Climatic conditions
(randomly assigned) were dry bulb temperature T
db 22°C, 50% relative humidity (rh); T
db 28°C, 55% rh; T
db 32°C, 52% rh; or T
db 35°C, 58% rh. The difference between HR measured at a given T
db (HRmeas) and HR at 22°C and at the same V˙O2 was then calculated (ΔHR). The ΔHR increased linearly with increasing temperature but was not related to V˙O2 or to exercise type. However, a small but significant difference was found if the published equation was used with data from
intermittent exercise. The accuracy of the existing equation adjusting HRmeas for the influence of T
db (HRcorr) could be improved to HRcorr= HRmeas · (1.18308−(0.0083218 · T
db)). In conclusion, the effects of climatic heat stress on HR were similar in continuous and intermittent exercise, and HR
can be adjusted for the influence of climate in groups of pre- and early pubertal children during rest, intermittent and continuous
exercise at ambient temperatures between 22°C and 35°C, thereby reducing the error in predicting EE from HR.
Accepted: 13 January 1998 相似文献
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The influence of low temperature (5–29 °C) on the methanogenic activity of non-adapted digested sewage sludge and on temperature/leachate-adapted
biomass was assayed by using municipal landfill leachate, intermediates of anaerobic degradation (propionate) and methane
precursors (acetate, H2/CO2) as substrates. The temperature dependence of methanogenic activity could be described by Arrhenius-derived models. However,
both substrate and adaptation affected the temperature dependence. The adaptation of biomass in a leachate-fed upflow anaerobic
sludge-blanket reactor at approximately 20 °C for 4 months resulted in a sevenfold and fivefold increase of methanogenic activity
at 11 °C and 22 °C respectively. Both acetate and H2/CO2 were methanized even at 5 °C. At 22 °C, methanogenic activities (acetate 4.8–84 mM) were 1.6–5.2 times higher than those
at 11 °C. The half-velocity constant (K
s) of acetate utilization at 11 °C was one-third of that at 22 °C while a similar K
i was obtained at both temperatures. With propionate (1.1–5.5 mM) as substrate, meth‐anogenic activities at 11 °C were half
those at 22 °C. Furthermore, the residual concentration of the substrates was not dependent on temperature. The results suggest
that the adaptation of biomass enables the achievement of a high treatment capacity in the anaerobic process even under psychrophilic
conditions.
Received: 23 December 1996 / Received last revision: 18 June 1997 / Accepted: 23 June 1997 相似文献
10.
This study investigated the effects on running economy (RE) of ingesting either no fluid or an electrolyte solution with
or without 6% carbohydrate (counterbalanced design) during 60-min running bouts at 80% maximal oxygen consumption (V˙O2max). Tests were undertaken in either a thermoneutral (22–23°C; 56–62% relative humidity, RH) or a hot and humid natural environment
(Singapore: 25–35°C; 66–77% RH). The subjects were 15 young adult male Singaporeans [V˙O2max = 55.5 (4.4 SD) ml kg−1 min−1]. The RE was measured at 3 m s−1 [65 (6)% V˙O2max] before (RE1) and after each prolonged run (RE2). Fluids were administered every 2 min, at an individual rate determined
from prior tests, to maintain body mass (group mean = 17.4 ml min−1). The V˙O2 during RE2 was higher (P < 0.05) than that during the RE1 test for all treatments, with no differences between treatments (ANOVA). The mean increase
in V˙O2 from RE1 to RE2 ranged from 3.4 to 4.7 ml kg−1 min−1 across treatments. In conclusion, the deterioration in RE at 3 m s−1 (65% V˙O2max) after 60 min of running at 80% V˙O2max appears to occur independently of whether fluid is ingested and regardless of whether the fluid contains carbohydrates or
electrolytes, in both a thermoneutral and in a hot, humid environment.
Accepted: 30 October 1997 相似文献
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《Journal of thermal biology》2005,30(2):85-92
We investigated the metabolic rate of the Tasmanian marsupial, the eastern barred bandicoot, Perameles gunnii, before and after acclimation to cold temperature (5 °C) for a 2-week period. Although body temperature did not change significantly, we observed a significant increase in the metabolic rate (MR) when measured at 5 °C before and after cold acclimation. Nor-epinephrine had a significant effect on the metabolic rate when measured in the thermoneutral zone and when measured at 5 °C after cold acclimation; however, there was no significant increase when measured at 5 °C before cold acclimation. Nor-epinephrine also resulted in a small but significant decrease in body temperature. Electromyography (EMG) measurements were obtained before and after cold acclimation during shivering. Shivering decreased after two weeks of cold exposure indicating that the bandicoot had acclimated to that temperature. Nor-epinephrine (NE) significantly reduced shivering before but not after cold acclimation. The metabolic rate and shivering decreased in the adult eastern barred bandicoot after acclimation at 5 °C and nor-epinephrine had similar effects to cold acclimation. Our findings of minor changes in thermal conductance suggest that insulation differences were unlikely explanations for our results. These experiments indicate that this marsupial is able to increase its heat production by non-shivering thermogenesis. 相似文献
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D. A. Gray S. K. Maloney 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1997,167(8):558-562
The relationship between body temperature (T
b) and the plasma concentrations of arginine vasotocin (AVT) and angiotensin II (AII) was examined in conscious, adult Pekin
ducks. Exposure of birds to an ambient temperature of 40 °C for 3 h increased T
b by about 1.5 °C and increased breathing rate five-fold. Plasma osmolality was elevated from the normothermic value of 294.9 ± 1.4
mosmol kg−1 by about 8 mosmol kg−1 Circulating AVT levels increased by about 2 pg ml−1 from a basal concentration of 4.98 ± 0.15 pg ml−1, a rise which could be accounted for by the change in osmotic status. Plasma AII concentrations were unchanged from the pre-heat
exposure value of 31.8 ± 3.4 pg ml−1. Time control birds, exposed only to an ambient temperature of 22 °C demonstrated no significant changes in any of the measured
variables. The results suggest that an increased T
b has no direct effect on the circulating concentrations of AVT or AII in ducks.
Accepted: 2 June 1997 相似文献
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Marsupials are born ectothermic and gradually become endothermic during pouch occupancy. In order to study the timing of this transition, we measured the metabolic rates of eight pouch-young eastern barred bandicoots (Perameles gunnii) at 25 degrees C (the thermoneutral zone of adults), at 35 degrees C (pouch temperature), and after injection with norepinephrine. From 5 to 7 wk of age, oxygen consumption (VO(2)) was higher at 35 degrees C than at 25 degrees C. At 8 wk, VO(2) was significantly higher at 25 degrees C than at 35 degrees C. Norepinephrine administration at 5 and 6 wk had no effect on metabolic rate, but at 8 wk, near pouch vacation, it resulted in a significant increase in metabolic rate. Our results indicate that signs of thermoregulation for P. gunnii begin at 7 wk, and at 8 wk the species is endothermic, that is, able to increase heat production in response to both cold and norepinephrine. The appearance of fur, first seen at the age of 6 wk and fully developed at 8 wk, coincides with the onset of endothermy. 相似文献
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Silvana Mattiello Elena Formis Sara Barbieri 《International journal of biometeorology》2011,55(2):213-218
The present study monitored daily and seasonal variations of rectal temperature in response to different environmental temperatures
in alpacas bred in the Italian Apennines at 300 m a.s.l. In each season, the rectal temperature of 33 clinically healthy alpacas
was measured three times/day (morning, midday, afternoon). Ambient temperatures were also recorded. Rectal temperatures ranged
from a minimum value of 35.1 to a maximum of 39.4°C, with a maximum daily thermal excursion (ΔTrec) of 3.2°C. Temperatures increased throughout the day, with highly significant differences recorded in both young and adult
animals between all the time bands (P < 0.001). These differences were particularly dramatic for adults in summer, when the mean rectal temperature in the morning
was 36.3 ± 0.13°C, probably as a consequence of recent shearing. Significant ΔTrec differences were recorded depending on the season in both young and adult animals (P < 0.001), with the highest ΔTrec values recorded in summer (although the highest daily ambient excursion value was recorded in winter). In conclusion, similarly
to alpacas bred in their natural environment, alpacas bred in Italy show a wide thermal neutrality zone, which is probably
an adaptive response, that allows the animals to save energy. In the Italian Apennines, in order to prevent situations of
hypothermia, with possible detrimental effects on alpacas’ health and welfare, shearing should be carried out only in warm
seasons. 相似文献
15.
C. M. Todd 《Polar Biology》1997,18(3):166-171
The influence of feeding state on cold-adapted metabolism was investigated in the adults of two carabid beetles, Trechisibus antarcticus and Oopterus soledadinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae), which have been introduced to sub-Antarctic South Georgia. The metabolic rates in both fed and starved
O. soledadinus and T. antarcticus were determined at eight temperatures ranging from 0 to 35°C, using a Servomex 570A oxygen analyser. There was no significant
difference in the metabolic rates between the fed and starved animals of each species. In T. antarcticus this ranged from 0.28 to 3.84 ml O2 g−1 h−1, and in O. soledadinus from 0.19 to 2.80 ml O2 g−1 h−1 at 0 and 35°C, respectively. In each of the four experimental groups there was a strong positive correlation between metabolic
rate and temperature, with the highest increase occurring between 0 and 5°C. In contrast, the metabolic rate was significantly
negatively correlated with initial live weight of the beetles at most temperatures. The results are discussed comparatively
with other species and against a background of the ecology of the two carabids at South Georgia.
Received: 26 August 1996 / Accepted: 3 February 1997 相似文献
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Female brush-tailed bettongs, Bettongia penicillata, were housed with either an intact or vasectomized male or isolated from males in the peripartum period. Development of the quiescent corpus luteum formed at the post partum oestrus was initiated by removing the pouch young. Blood samples for analysis of plasma progesterone were collected from the females 2 days before removal of pouch young, daily for 5 or 6 days and then 2-3 times each week until 19 days after removal of pouch young. Plasma progesterone profiles were similar in pregnant and nonpregnant cycles. There was an early progesterone peak (1206 +/- 121 pg ml-1, mean +/- SEM; n = 16) between days 2 and 5 after removal of pouch young, and a second period of high concentrations (greater than 800 pg ml-1) before birth on day 17.4 +/- 0.2 (n = 16). The interval between the early peak and birth was 14 or 15 days. On five of 34 occasions, no increases in plasma progesterone concentrations occurred after removal of pouch young. On 12 of 15 occasions for 13 females that had been isolated from males post partum, plasma progesterone concentrations also remained low (less than 100 pg ml-1) and did not change after removal of pouch young. Females that showed no increases in plasma progesterone concentration after removal of pouch young had significantly lower (P less than 0.001) plasma progesterone concentrations while lactating than those females that did undergo a cycle after removal of pouch young (60 +/- 4 pg ml-1, n = 17 and 225 +/- 23 pg ml-1, n = 30, respectively). Females isolated from males post partum, and monitored until day 12 after removal of the pouch young, and that showed no increases in progesterone in this period, had ovaries that contained no corpus luteum, only corpora albicantia and numerous atretic or developing follicles. We conclude that brush-tailed bettongs are induced ovulators, a characteristic described for only one other marsupial, Monodelphis domestica, from South America. 相似文献
17.
D. T. Booth 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1998,168(5):399-404
Incubation temperature and the amount of water taken up by eggs from the substrate during incubation affects hatchling size
and morphology in many oviparous reptiles. The Brisbane river turtle Emydura signata lays hard-shelled eggs and hatchling mass was unaffected by the amount of water gained or lost during incubation. Constant
temperature incubation of eggs at 24 °C, 26 °C, 28 °C and 31 °C had no effect on hatchling mass, yolk-free hatchling mass,
residual yolk mass, carapace length, carapace width, plastron length or plastron width. However, hatchlings incubated at 26 °C
and 28 °C had wider heads than hatchlings incubated at 24 °C and 31 °C. Incubation period varied inversely with incubation
temperature, while the rate of increase in oxygen consumption during the first part of incubation and the peak rate of oxygen
consumption varied directly with incubation temperature. The total amount of oxygen consumed during development and hatchling
production cost was significantly greater at 24 °C than at 26 °C, 28 °C and 31 °C. Hatchling mass and dimensions and total
embryonic energy expenditure was directly proportional to initial egg mass.
Accepted: 18 March 1998 相似文献
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The effects of light and elevated temperatures on the efficiency of energy conversion in PSII [?PSII = (Fm′−Fs)/Fm′], pigment composition and heat tolerance of shade-acclimated Alocasia macrorrhiza were investigated. Leaf discs were exposed for 3 h to high light (HL; 1600 μmol photons · m−2 · s−1) or low light (LL; 20 μmol photons · m−2 · s−1) and a series of constant temperatures ranging from 30 to 49 °C. All HL treatments led to rapid and severe decreases in ?PSII. During the 2-h recovery period (LL, 25 °C) following the HL treatments, fast and slow recovery phases could be distinguished.
Leaf discs that had experienced HL and 30 °C recovered completely while no recovery of ?PSII was seen after a 3-h exposure to HL and 45 °C. A 3-h exposure to 45 °C at LL led to a less severe decrease in ?PSII and complete recovery was accomplished after less than 1 h. Under LL conditions a temperature of 49 °C was necessary to cause
an irreversible decrease in ?PSII, followed by necrosis the next day. Streptomycin had no effect on the degree of reduction and recovery in ?PSII discs exposed to HL and 35–45 °C, but partially inhibited recovery in discs exposed to HL and 30 °C. Streptomycin led to
a more severe decrease in ?PSII at LL and 49 °C and completely inhibited recovery. Streptomycin had no effect on the conversion of the xanthophyll-cycle
pigments during the treatment or the recovery. The epoxidation state was roughly the same in all leaf discs after a 3-h HL
treatment (0.270–0.346) irrespective of the exposure temperature. The back-conversion of zeaxanthin into violaxanthin after
a 2-h recovery period was only seen in leaf discs that had been exposed to HL and 30 °C. The thermotolerance of shade A. macrorrhiza leaves of 49.0 ± 0.7 °C (determined by fluorescence) coincided with the temperature at which damage occurred in leaf discs
exposed to LL. However, under HL the critical temperature under which necrosis occurred was much lower (42 °C). The thermotolerance
of A. macrorrhiza shade leaves could be increased by a short exposure (<20 min) to slightly elevated temperatures.
Received: 11 June 1997 / Accepted: 9 September 1997 相似文献
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Thermoluminescence (TL) signals were measured from leaves of the facultative CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism) plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.. Following the induction of CAM by salt treatment, a TL band at 46 °C was induced, which was charged by a single-turnover
flash. The intensity of the 46 °C-band depends on the number of excitation flashes and oscillates with a period of four. A
similar band was induced in C3 plants by far-red illumination. Under CAM conditions, the intensity of the 46 °C-band underlies a diurnal rhythm. The maximal
intensity of the 46 °C-band is observed in the morning after onset of the light and in the evening. At around 12 a.m. it is
suppressed. The intensity of the 46 °C-band relates to diurnal changes in the ratio of dihydroxy acetone phosphate/3-phosphoglycerate
(DHAP/PGA) which is an indicator of the energy status of the chloroplast. During high-intensity illumination, the 46 °C-band
disappears, but it is restored in the dark. We propose that the 46 °C-band is an indicator of the metabolic state of the leaf,
originating from photosystem II centres initially in the S2(S3)QB oxidation state, in which the electron acceptor QB becomes reduced either by reverse electron flow or reduction of the plastoquinone pool via an NAD(P)H plastoquinone oxidoreductase.
We present evidence that the redox state of the electron-transport chain is different under conditions of CAM compared to
C3 metabolism and that changes induced by CAM can be monitored by measuring the amplitude of the 46 °C-band after flash excitation.
Received: 7 August 1997 / Accepted: 22 December 1997 相似文献
20.
Borgwardt N Culik BM 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1999,169(2):100-106
Open-flow oxygen and carbon dioxide respirometry was used in Neumünster Zoo (Germany) to examine the energy requirements
of six Asian small-clawed otters (Amblonyx cinerea) at rest and swimming voluntarily under water. Our aim was to compare their energy requirements with those of other warm-blooded
species to elucidate scale effects and to test whether the least aquatic of the three otter species differs markedly from
these and its larger relatives. While at rest on land (16 °C, n = 26), otters (n = 6, mean body mass 3.1 ± 0.4 kg) had a respiratory quotient of 0.77 and a resting metabolic rate of 5.0 ± 0.8 Wkg−1(SD). This increased to 9.1 ± 0.8 Wkg−1 during rest in water (11–15 °C, n = 4) and to 17.6 ± 1.4 Wkg−1 during foraging and feeding activities in a channel (12 °C, n = 5). While swimming under water (n = 620 measurements) in an 11-m long channel, otters preferred a speed range between 0.7 ms−1 and 1.2 ms−1. Transport costs were minimal at 1 ms−1 and amounted to 1.47 ± 0.24 JN−1 m−1 (n = 213). Metabolic rates of small-clawed otters in air were similar to those of larger otter species, and about double those
of terrestrial mammals of comparable size. In water, metabolic rates during rest and swimming were larger than those extrapolated
from larger otter species and submerged swimming homeotherms. This is attributed to high thermoregulatory costs, and high
body drag at low Reynolds numbers.
Accepted: 21 December 1998 相似文献