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The Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure on Living Aquatic Organisms VI. Organic Complexity and Hydrostatic Pressure Sensitivity
Author(s) -
Menzies Robert J.,
Selvakumaran M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
internationale revue der gesamten hydrobiologie und hydrographie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 0020-9309
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.19740590207
Subject(s) - hydrostatic pressure , sensitivity (control systems) , hydrostatic equilibrium , ecology , biology , biological system , environmental science , thermodynamics , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , electronic engineering
Forty species of aquatic animals belonging to 14 phyla of various levels of organic complexity were examined with reference to their ability to survive increasing hydrostatic pressure. The results of these experiments lead us to seriously question the commonly stated and often quoted hypothesis that there is an inverse relationship between pressure resistance and the complexity of organisms.