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The ecophysiological complex of Bathyporeia pilosa and B. pelagica (Crustacea: Amphipoda). I. Respiration rates

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The metabolic rates of high and low shore estuarine populations of Bathyporeia pilosa Lindström and an open coast population of B. pelagica (Bate) have been determined over a range of temperatures during January and February, and June and July, 1968. Changes in oxygen uptake have also been measured monthly at 15°C. During the winter, oxygen uptake was in the order: high shore B. pilosa>low shore B. pilosa>B. pelagica. During the summer, high shore B. pilosa and B. pelagica had similar metabolic rates, but both were significantly higher than low shore B. pilosa. Both populations of B. pilosa had lower metabolic rates in summer than in winter, whereas the metabolic rate of B. pelagica remained much the same. Seasonal changes in metabolic rate are closely correlated with reproductive cycles. The possible influences of environmental parameters are discussed.

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Fish, J.D., Preece, G.S. The ecophysiological complex of Bathyporeia pilosa and B. pelagica (Crustacea: Amphipoda). I. Respiration rates. Marine Biology 5, 22–28 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00352489

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