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The Dependence of Crustacean Respiration Rate on Body Mass and Habitat Temperature
Author(s) -
Ivleva I. V.
Publication year - 1980
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.19800650102
Subject(s) - crustacean , arrhenius equation , habitat , respiration , latitude , range (aeronautics) , temperate climate , respiration rate , polar , atmospheric temperature range , ecology , atmospheric sciences , chemistry , biology , environmental science , thermodynamics , physics , geography , activation energy , geodesy , materials science , anatomy , organic chemistry , astronomy , composite material
The respiratorion rates of Crustacea from temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean were measured directly at habitat temperatures of 19, 25 and 29 °C. The results were analysed together with data obtained from similar investigations in previous years (Ivleva, 1977) on Crustacea from moderately cold and polar latitudes at 10, 6 and 0 °C. Variations of the values for A and k in generalized regressions (R = AWκ) for Crustacea within the temperature limits of the physiological range were shown to have quite a clear‐cut and regular character. The coefficient k varied from 0.60 to 0.79 and revealed a tendency to increase as temperatures decreased. The value of A increased with rising temperature within all intervals from 0 to 30 °C. The quantitative relationship between respiration rate and temperature was evaluated by the Arrhenius equation. Statistical processing of resultant data indicated a rather close association between log A and the habitat temperature of the Crustacea but only slight deviations from the theory of empirically found values. The accelerating effect of temperature (μ) was 13 ± 0.13 keal/mol. This value was used to calculate Q 10 , which was more convenient for practical purposes.