Cold resistance and metabolic responses to salinity variations in the amphipod Eusirus antarcticus and the krill Euphausia superba |
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Authors: | Arne V. Aarset Joseph J. Torres |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Zoology, University of Trondheim, N-7055 Dragvoll, Norway;(2) Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida at St. Petersburg, 140 7th Avenue South, 33701 St. Petersburg, FL, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary The krill Euphausia superba, unlike the amphipod, Eusirus antarcticus, tolerates being frozen into solid sea-ice at temperatures down to about-4°C. Cooled in air, the amphipod and the krill freeze and will die at temperatures of-11° and-9°C respectively, representing the supercooling points of the animals. The krill is an osmoconformer in the salinity range of 25 to 45 ppt, while the amphipod conforms in the salinity range of 26 to 40 ppt. The animals thereby lower the melting point of their body fluids in the vicinity of the freezing sea ice, preventing internal ice formation at low temperatures. The mean oxygen consumption rates, at raised and lowered salinities, were not significantly different from rates obtained in normal (35 ppt.) seawater, indicating that salinity has little effect on the metabolism of either species. |
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