Respiration of fragile planktonic zooplankton: Extending the possibilities with a single method

Type : ACL
Nature : Production scientifique
Au bénéfice du Laboratoire : Oui
Statut de publication : Publié
Année de publication : 2015
Auteurs (2) : LILLEY Martin,k,s LOMBARD Fabien
Revue scientifique : Journal of Experimental Marine Biology And Ecology
Volume : 471
Fascicule : 0
Pages : 226-231
DOI : 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.06.013
URL : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0022098115001690
Abstract : Gelatinous zooplankton are increasingly being included within ecosystem models. However, for the majority of species, their respiratory and excretory processes are poorly understood, making accurate model predictions difficult. Fragility and a broad size range have resulted in a number of methods being used for different species, some in situ and others under laboratory conditions. This makes it difficult to compare studies and incorporate the data into models. Oxygen optodes have been used here to obtain respiration rates of seven species (n = 65 individuals), utilising the same method across a large range of incubator sizes (252 mL to 31.25 L) and specimen masses (< 1–2560 g wet mass). These data add respiration rates over a wider mass range to five gelatinous genera — Cestum, Geryonia, Rhizostoma, Mnemiopsis, Solmissus and provide the first respiration rate of the fragile ctenophore Leucothea multicornis. In situ data are compared with laboratory rates and trends developed for several species by adding to previously published work. Finally these data do not significantly elevate the allometric slope of a gelatinous zooplankton carbon mass: respiration rate (b = 0.795) relationship, despite increasing both the mass range and sample size.
Mots-clés : Jellyfish Respiration Metabolism Gelatinous zooplankton Ctenophora Cnidaria Rhizostomae
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Lilley MKS, Lombard F (2015) Respiration of fragile planktonic zooplankton: Extending the possibilities with a single method. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 471: 226-231 | doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.06.013