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Effect of temperature on specific dynamic action in the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris (Cephalopoda)

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Feeding causes an increase of metabolic rate, which initially escalates rapidly, reaches a peak value and then gradually declines to the pre-feeding rate. This phenomenon, termed “specific dynamic action” (SDA), reflects the energy requirements of the behavioral, physiological and biochemical processes that constitute feeding. The effect of temperature on SDA of the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, was evaluated, by measuring the temporal pattern of the oxygen consumption rates of octopuses, after feeding, at two constant temperatures, 20°C and 28°C. At 20°C, the relative increase in the oxygen consumption rate after feeding (relative SDA) was significantly greater than at 28°C. The peak of the relative SDA occurred 1 h after feeding, and it was 64% at 20°C and 42% at 28°C. However, the SDA absolute peak, SDA duration (9.5 h) and SDA magnitude (the integrated postprandial increase in oxygen uptake) did not differ significantly between the two temperatures, indicating that the energetic cost of feeding was the same at both temperatures. The SDA response in O. vulgaris was much faster than it was in polar species, which have extended SDA responses due to low temperatures, and was also relatively fast in relation to the response in other temperate species, which is probably connected to the remarkably high growth rates of the species. A possible explanation of the observed summer migration of large octopuses from shallow to deeper areas is given, based on the effect of temperature on the energetic requirements of octopuses.

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This research was partially funded by the Industrial Research Development Programme of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Ministry for Development (code 00BE407), under a contract with Nireus Aquaculture SA, and by the Research Committee of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. We would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their comments. The experiments of this study fully comply with the current laws of Greece and the EU.

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  1. Department of Zoology—Marine Biology, School of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, 15784 , Athens, Greece

    S. Katsanevakis, N. Protopapas & G. Verriopoulos

  2. Laboratory of Applied Hydrobiology, Department of Animal Production, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855, Athens, Greece

    H. Miliou

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Katsanevakis, S., Protopapas, N., Miliou, H. et al. Effect of temperature on specific dynamic action in the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris (Cephalopoda). Marine Biology 146, 733–738 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-004-1476-6

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