Absence of metabolic cold adaptation and compensatory acclimation in the Antarctic fly, Belgica antarctica |
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Authors: | Richard E Lee John G Baust |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The respiratory metabolism in larvae of the Antarctic fly, Belgica antarctica Jacobs (Diptera: Chironomidae) was investigated at Palmer Station, Anvers Island (64°46′S, 64°03′W). Oxygen consumption was linearly related to temperature from 0 to 20°C, respectively, 49 and 338 nl/mg live wt/hr. Maintenance at 0 and 10°C for 8 days had no differential effect on the metabolic rate, suggesting that larvae lack the ability for compensatory acclimation. A comparison of standard metabolism for polar and temperate chironomids revealed no elevation of metabolic rate in polar forms. However, polar species exhibited lower activation energies than temperate forms indicating that the respiratory metabolism of polar chironomids is relatively temperature independent. |
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Keywords: | Metabolic cold adaptation compensatory acclimation Antarctic fly respiration |
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