Rapid responses to stress in Eurytemora affinis |
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Authors: | Bradley Brian P Hakimzadeh Roxana Vincent James S |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 21228 Baltimore, MD, USA;(2) Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 21228 Baltimore, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | E. affinis can adjust to temperature stress in a matter of hours. Adaptation is greater in a varying temperature than in a constant temperature, consistent with the estuarine habitat of this calanoid. The species has the capacity to adjust both in the short-term as individuals and also genetically over a number of generations. The adjustments have been examined at several levels of organization. In whole copepods the time an individual becomes comatose when exposed to a 32 °C temperature and increasing by 1/2 °C at 5 min. intervals, has been used as a repeatable assay and gives a good prediction of survival at 30 °C, the ecological limit of the species in Chesapeake bay, USA. At the molecular and cellular levels, two adaptive mechanisms which have been observed in temperature stressed copepods are the synthesis of novel proteins and phase changes in plasma membrane lipids. Both of these mechanisms have potential for further understanding the adaptation of Eurytemora to variable temperatures. They may also have application as indicators of sublethal stress. |
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Keywords: | adaptation temperature stress proteins membrane lipids |
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