A method for measuring in situ oxygen consumption rates of freshwater gastropods

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 338-347

  Elderkin, Curt L ^a,c   Schneider, Daniel W ^a   Stoeckel, James A ^a   Padilla, Dianna K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron transport system (ETS); Gastropod; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ELIMIA LIVESCENS; GASTROPODA; PHYSELLA INTEGRA; STAGNICOLA WOODRUFFI;

EID: 0031743164     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468336     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. ÅKERLUND, G. 1969. Oxygen consumption of the ampullariid snail Marisa cornuarietis L. in relation to body weight and temperature. Oikos 20:529-533.
2. ÅKERLUND, G. 1974. Oxygen consumption in relation to environmental oxygen concentrations in the ampullariid snail Marisa cornuarietis (L.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 47:1065-1075.
3. ANDERSON, F. O., AND W. HELDER. 1987. Comparison of oxygen microgradients, oxygen flux rates and electron transport system activity in coastal marine sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 37:259-264.
4. BAMSTEAD, U. 1980. ETS activity as an estimator of respiratory rate of zooplankton populations. The significance of variations in environmental factors. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 42:267-283.
5. BAYNE, B. L., AND R. C. NEWELL. 1983. Physiological energetics of marine molluscs. Pages 407-515 in K. M. Wilbur (editor). The Mollusca, Volume 4 . Academic Press, New York.
6. BAYNE, B. L., J. WIDDOWS, AND R. I. E. NEWELL. 1977. Physiological measurements on estuarine bivalve molluscs in the field. Pages 57-68 in B. F. Keegan, P. O. Ceidigh, and J. J. S. Boaden (editors). Biology of benthic organisms. Proceedings of the 11th European Native Biology Exposition. Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK.
7. BERG, K., AND K. W. OCKELMANN. 1959. The respiration of freshwater snails. Journal of Experimental Biology 36:690-708.
8. BHARATHI, C., AND D. G. V. RAO PRASADA. 1989. Toxicity to and oxygen consumption of the freshwater snail Thiara (Stenomelania) torulosa (Bruguiere) in relation to organophosphorus insecticide exposure. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 42:773-777.
9. BROBERG, A. 1985. A modified method for studies of electron transport system activity in freshwater sediments. Hydrobiologia 120:181-187.
10. BURCH, J. B. 1989. North American freshwater snails. Malacological Publications, Whitmore Lake, Michigan.
11. CAMMEN, L. M., S. CORWIN, AND J. P. CHRISTIANSEN. 1990. Electron transport system (ETS) activity as a measure of benthic macrofaunal metabolism. Marine Ecology Progress Series 65:171-182.
12. CAREFOOT, T. H., AND D. A. DONOVAN. 1995. Functional significance of varices in the muricid gastropod Ceratostoma foliatum. Biological Bulletin 189:59-68.
13. CHAPMAN, H. F., AND D. W. CONNELL. 1986. Uptake and clearance of diesel alkenes from sediments by the Great Barrier Reef gastropod Strombus luhuanus. Marine Biology 92:15-19.
14. CHRISTENSEN, J. P., T. G. OWENS, A. H. DEVOL, AND T. T. PACKARD. 1980. Respiration and physiological state in marine bacteria. Marine Biology 55:267-276.
15. DELGIORGIO, P. A. 1992. The relationship between ETS (electron transport system) activity and oxygen consumption in lake plankton: a cross system calibration. Journal of Plankton Research 14:1723-1741.
16. DEVOL, A. H. 1979. Zooplankton respiration and its relation to plankton dynamics in two lakes of contrasting trophic state. Limnology and Oceanography 24:893-905.
17. FITCH, D. D. 1975. Oxygen consumption in the prosobranch snail Viviparus contectoides (Mollusca:Gastropoda) - I. Effects of weight and activity. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 51:815-820.
18. HALCROW, K., AND C. M. BOYD. 1967. The oxygen consumption and swimming activity of the amphipod Gammarus oceanicus at different temperatures. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 23:233-242.
19. INNES, A. J., AND D. F. HOULIHAN. 1985. Aerobic capacity and cost of locomotion of a cool temperature gastropod: a comparison with some Mediterranean species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 80:487-493.
20. JAMES, M. R. 1987. Respiratory rates in the cladoceran Ceriodaphnia dubia in Lake Rotongaio, a monomictic lake. Journal of Plankton Research 9:573-578.
21. KING, F. D., AND T. T. PACKARD. 1975. Respiration and the activity of the electron transport system in marine zooplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 24:849-854.
22. KLINGENBERG, M. 1968. The respiratory chain. Pages 3-54. in T. P. Singer (editor). Biological oxidations. Interscience, New York.
23. MACKIE, G. L. 1991. Biology of the exotic zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, in relation to native bivalves and its potential impact in Lake St. Clair. Hydrobiologia 219:251-268.
24. MADON, S. P., D. W. SCHNEIDER, AND J. A. STOECKEL. 1998. In-situ estimation of zebra mussel metabolic rates using the electron transport system (ETS) assay. Journal of Shellfish Research 17:195-203.
25. NEWELL, R. C., AND A. ROY. 1973. A statistical model relating the oxygen consumption of a mollusk (Littorina littorea) to activity, body size, and environmental conditions. Physiological Zoology 46: 253-275.
26. OWENS, T. G., AND F. D. KING. 1975. The measurement of respiratory electron transport activity in marine zooplankton. Marine Biology 30:27-36.
27. PACKARD, T. T. 1985. Measurement of electron transport activity of microplankton. Advances in Aquatic Microbiology 3:207-261.
28. ROLLO, C. D., AND M. D. HAWRYLUK. 1988. Compensatory scope and resource allocation in two species of aquatic snails. Ecology 69:146-156.
29. SCHALK, P. H. 1988. Respiratory electron transport system (ETS) activities in zooplankton and microneckton of the Indo-Pacific region. Marine Ecology Progress Series 44:25-35.
30. SCHNEIDER, D. W., AND J. LYONS. 1993. Dynamics of upstream migration in two species of tropical freshwater snails. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 12:3-16.
31. SIVARAMAKRISHNA, B., K. RADHAKRISHNAIAH, AND A. SURESH. 1991. Assessment of mercury toxicity by the changes in oxygen consumption and ion levels in the freshwater snail, Pila globosa, and the mussel, Lamellidens marginalis. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 46:913-920.
32. SONGSTER-ALPIN, M. S., AND R. L. KLOTZ. 1995. A comparison of electron transport system activity in stream and beaver pond sediments. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52:1318-1326.
33. TAN, T. L., AND H. J. RUGER. 1989. Benthic studies of the Northwest African upwelling region: bacteria standing stock and ETS-activity, ATP-biomass and adenylate energy charge. Marine Ecology Progress Series 51:167-176.
34. THORNTON, K. W., AND A. S. LESSEM. 1978. A temperature algorithm for modifying biological rates. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 107:284-287.
35. TOTH, L. G. 1992. Respiratory electron transport system (ETS)-activity of the plankton and the sediment in Lake Balaton (Hungary). Hydrobiologia 243/ 244:157-166.
36. TOTH, L. G., AND A. V. DRITS. 1991. Respiratory energy loss of zooplankton in Lake Balaton (Hungary) estimated by ETS-activity measurements. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 24:993-996.
37. WAHL, D. H., AND R. A. STEIN. 1991. Food consumption and growth of three esocids: field tests of a bioenergetic model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 120:230-246.
38. ZAR, J. H. 1984. Biostatistical analysis. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
39. ZIMMERMAN, A. P. 1975. Electron transport analysis as an indicator of biological oxidations in freshwater sediments. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 19:1518-1523.