A multi-factorial experiment on heart rate variations in the intertidal crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus

Marine Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 341-345

  De Pirro, M ^a   Cannicci, S ^a   Santini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB;

PACHYGRAPSUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 0032705162     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050632     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Aagaard A (1996) In situ variation in heart rate of the shore crab Carcinus maenas in relation to environmental factors and physiological condition. Mar Biol 125: 765-772
2. Airriess CN, McMahon BR (1996) Short-term emersion affects cardiac function and regional haemolymph distribution in the crab Cancer magister. J exp Biol 199: 569-578
3. Burggren WW, McMahon BR (1988) Circulation. In: Burggren WW, McMahon BR (eds) Biology of the land crabs. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 298-332
4. Cannicci S, Paula J, Vannini M (1999) Activity pattern and spatial strategy in Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from Mediterranean and Atlantic shores. Mar Biol 133: 429-435
5. Depledge MH (1978) Cardiac activity of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas (L.). Comp Biochem Physiol 60A: 65-67
6. Depledge MH (1984) Disruption of circulatory and respiratory activity in the shore crabs [Carcinux maenas (L.)] exposed to heavy metal pollution. Comp Biochem Physiol 78C: 445-459
7. Depledge MH (1985) The influence of nutritional state on the circulatory and respiratory physiology of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas. J mar biol Ass UK 65: 69-78
8. Depledge MH (1992) On the tidal, diurnal and seasonal modulation of endogenous cardiac activity rhythms in the shore crab (Carcinus maenas L.). Oebalia 18: 53-67
9. Depledge MH, Andersen BB (1990) A computer-aided physiological monitoring system for continuous, long-term recording of cardiac activity in selected invertebrates. Comp Biochem Physiol 96 A: 474-477
10. Depledge MH, Lundbye AK, Curtis T, Aagaard A. Andersen BB (1996) Automated interpulse-duration assessment (AIDA): a new technique for detecting disturbances in cardiac activity in selected macroinvertebrates. Mar Biol 126: 313-319
11. DeWachter B, McMahon BR (1996) Temperature effects on heart performance and regional hemolymph flow in the crab Cancer magister. Comp Biochem Physiol 114A: 27-33
12. Eshky AA, Atkinson RJA, Taylor AC (1988) Effects of temperature on oxygen consumption and heart rate in the semi-terrestrial crab, Ocypode saratan (Forskål). Mar Behav Physiol 13: 341-358
13. Marshall DJ, McQuaid CD (1992) Relationship between heart rate and oxygen consumption in the intertidal limpets Patella granularis and Siphonaria oculus. Comp Biochem Physiol 103A: 297-300
14. McGaw IJ, Airriess CN, McMahon BR (1994) Patterns of haemolymph-flow variation in decapod crustaceans. Mar Biol 121: 53-60
15. McGaw IJ, McMahon BR (1996) Cardiovascular responses resulting from variation in external salinity in the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister. Physiol Zool 69: 1384-1401
16. McMahon BR (1998) Heart-rate: is it a useful measure of cardiac performance in crustaceans? In: Prcc 4th Int Crust Congress.
17. Newell RC (1979) Biology of intertidal animals. Marine Ecological Survey Ltd, Faversham
18. O'Mahoney-Damon P (1984) Heart rate of the land crab Gecarcinus lateralis during aquatic and aerial respiration. Comp Biochem Physiol 79A: 621-624
19. Powers LW, Bliss DE; (1983) Terrestrial adaptations. In: Vernberg FJ, Vernberg WB (eds) Biology of Crustacea. Vol. 8. Environmental adaptations. Academic Press, New York, pp 271-334
20. Reid DG, Abelló P, Warman CG, Naylor E (1989) Phenotypic variation in sympatric crab populations. In: Aldrich JC (ed) Phenotypic responses and individuality in aquatic ectotherms. Japaga, Dublin, pp 89-96
21. Santini G, De Pirro M. Chelazzi G (1999) In-situ and laboratory assessment of heart rate in a Mediterranean limpet using a non invasive technique. Physiol Biochem Zool 72: 198-204
22. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1995) Biometry, 3rd edn. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York
23. Taylor AC (1977) The respiratory responses of Carcinus maecnas to changes in environmental salinity. J exp mar Biol Ecol 29: 197-210
24. Taylor AC (1988) The ecophysiology of decapods in the rock pools environment. Syrnp zool Soc Lond 59: 227-261
25. Underwood AJ (1979) The ecology of intertidal gastropods. Adv mar Biol 16: 111-210
26. Vernberg FJ (1969) Acclimation of intertidal crabs. Am Zool 9: 333-341
27. Vernberg WB, Vernberg FJ (1968) Studies on the physiological variation between tropical and temperate zone fiddler crabs of the genus Uca. VIII. The rate of metabolic adaptation to temperature in tissues of Uca rapax from northern and southern hemispheres. J exp mar Biol Ecol 2: 113-123