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Effects of constant and cyclic temperatures on the salinity tolerance of the estuarine sandhopper Orchestia chiliensis

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The survival of Orchestia chiliensis (Milne Edwards, 1840) was investigated at salinities between 0.3 and 68‰ and constant or 10 C° cyclic temperatures between 5° and 25° C. Mortality increased with age, temperature and at salinity extremes. Small individuals show little seasonal acclimatisation apart from increased thermal tolerance at the highest exposure temperature. Larger individuals show a lateral shift in the mortality curve to the right in summer, giving increased survival at most salinities. Salinity had less effect on amphipods in cyclic regimes and survival was similar in 5° to 15° C and 10° to 20° C cycles. Mortality of larger individuals was higher in the 15° to 25° C cycle, but seasonal acclimatisation gave increased resistance at all fluctuating temperatures during the summer. Mortality in cyclic temperatures was higher than at similar constant temperatures. O. chiliensis does not actively evade immersion and diel temperature changes of 10 C° represent an important stress factor. This would affect all life stages and influence field populations both in the winter and the summer.

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Marsden, I.D. Effects of constant and cyclic temperatures on the salinity tolerance of the estuarine sandhopper Orchestia chiliensis . Mar. Biol. 59, 211–218 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00404743

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