Ionoregulatory and urinary responses to emersion in the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus and the intertidal crab Carcinus maenas |
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Authors: | R. R. Harris M. Carmo F. Santos |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH Leicester, England, UK;(2) Departamento de Fisiologia Geral, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, C.P. 11461, 05499 Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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Abstract: | The mangrove crab Ucides cordatus showed a significant reduction in its output of isosmotic urine (to 60% of submerged rates) in humid, emersed conditions when in apparent water balance. A similar, but lesser, reduction was observed in the intertidal temperature species Carcinus maenas. Some of the decrease is effected by increased water withdrawal of an isosmotic fluid in the antennal gland (inulin urine to haemolymph concentration ratio=1.27) in Ucides but most is due to the reduced filtration rate which decreases from 3.41 to 2.19 ml·100 g-1·day-1 (in Carcinus from 7.37 to 5.88). In Carcinus, inulin urine to haemolymph concentration ratios are within the range 1.34–1.41 and show significant change on emersion. Comparisons of ion and inulin clearance ratios revealed interspecific differences in renal handling of Na+ and Cl-. During emersion total Na+ efflux is markedly reduced in both species. Urinary Na+ losses are responsible for most of the efflux in Carcinus but represent only 50% of the total in Ucides. Significant Na+ uptake from interstitial water occurs in Ucides. REductions in ion and water loss appear to be mainly dependent on decreases in urine output (clearance rate). However, some released urine was found to accumulate in the branchial chambers in both species. Whether or not extrarenal reabsorption of ions from released urine occurs in the gill chambers in either crab species remains to be proved.Abbreviations CPM counts per minute - ECF extracellular fluid - k rate constant for inulin clearance - kNa rate constant for sodium efflux - JoutNa sodium efflux rate - Qtot total radioactivity injected - SEM standard error of mean - SW sea water - 9-SW sea water, salinity 9 mg·ml-1 (ppt) - 26-SW sea water, salinity 26 mg·ml-1 (ppt) - U/B ratio of urine (U) to haemolymph (B) concentrations - Vc1 clearance rate - Vu urine output - Va inulin space |
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Keywords: | Ionoregulation Urine output Urine composition Semi-terrestrial crabs, Ucides, Carcinus |
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