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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 161, Issue 2, Pages 159-165Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.10.021
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Talorchestia longicornis; Amphipod; Physiology; Osmoregulation; Respiration; Talitridae; Sandhopper
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- National Science Foundation [OCE-08501116]
- Division Of Ocean Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [0850116] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Physiology, behavior, habitat, and morphology are used to determine the degree of adaptation to life on land for amphipod species and systemization within the four functional groups of the family talitridae. Talorchestia longicornis is a semi-terrestrial amphipod found in the supratidal zone of estuaries. The present study investigates the physiological adaptations of this species to life on land through measurements of osmoregulation and respiration. Over the salinity range of 1-40 parts per thousand. T. longicornis regulated its hemolymph hyperosmotically at low salinities and hypoosmotically at high salinities. The isosmotic point was about 27 parts per thousand. Analogously, hemolymph chloride levels were well regulated being hyperionic at low salinities and hypoionic at high salinities. This species is capable of respiration in both air and water. Slopes (b values) of the relationship between weight and oxygen uptake rates ranged from 0.316 to 0.590. Oxygen uptake rates were higher in air than water and at night versus day. Q(10) values were slightly below 2.0 for respiration in air for amphipods, irrespective of weight. These physiological adaptations, along with its behaviors, habitat, and morphology, place T. longicornis within the Group III sandhoppers of the Talitridae. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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