Title: Seasonal changes in the acutely determined oxygen consumption and effect of temperature for three common cirripedes, Balanus balanoides (L.), B. Balanus (L.) and Chthamalus stellatus (Poli)
Abstract: The QO2 of three common cirripedes has been measured at four temperatures and on each of four occasions during a year: dissected bodies were used. Statistical analysis indicates that only infrequently is the Q10 weight dependent. Such dependence seems to be related to the nutritional conditions in the environment rather than to the internal state or species habitat. Q10 varies widely even in a given species. In Balanus balanoides there is a marked homeostasis at certain seasons as there is in Chthamalus stellatus at other seasons: Balanus balanus shows somewhat less marked homeostasis. A low Q10 of basal metabolic rate in littoral invertebrates has been observed by others in a variety of animals. The results of some relevant previous work are critically examined and compared with those of the present investigation.
Publication Year: 1969
Publication Date: 1969-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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