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7/30/2019 Filtration and Respiration of the Deep Living Bivalve
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cesta excavata(Pteriomorphia: Limidae) Suspension feeders living at 200-800m
below sea level
Highly modified gills
Creation of current
Capture of food
Greater O2 uptake from the water
Amount of H2O pumped
energy expenditure
Oxygen uptakemetabolic rate
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Acesta excavata
Collected in November 2000 and October 2001
At Roberg in Trondheimfjord, Norway between 200 and 530m
depth using triangular dredge
Calipers: shell height, length, thickness
Tank: Flowing water from 130m depth at temp. of 7.7-8.4C
Dry weight: weight of soft tissues after drying for 24hrs at
105C
Methodology
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Control
Clearance Rate1. SpecimensRandom: 100-140cm shell heightKept in containers at a flow rate of1.6L/min at 8CFed once or twice a week with algae
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2. Set up:a) well-oxygenated seawater withoceanic salinityb) a magnetic stirrerc) a small dose of alga
- one bivalve in each 5 aquaria
3. Clearance Rate:Closed system (8C)Collection: duplicate every 5 minsuntil concentration fell below 1000cells/mlConcentration readjusted andcollection repeated
CR = (V/t)ln(C0/Ct)
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1. Respiration rate:After filtration: 16 sameindividuals Constant air temp(8C)
2. Bivalves:Attached with Velcro to walls of 2.81 desiccators One animal was placed in each chamber (samequality of chamber as clearance set-up)
3. Measurement:
Sea water supply was replaced with BOD oxygenmeasuring probeDecline in oxygen tension under constantcondition was measured during the following60mins with reading taken every 5mins
4. After experiment:Water volume in each unit was measured todetermine exact volume for calculation Control for correct bacterial respiration,electrode drift, etc.Respiration rate: last 50mins of measurementwere used, ensuring undisturbed bivalves
Respiration Rate
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Gill Area
1. Bivalves:Sedated for a min. of 12hrsusing 7% MgCl2Removed intact demibranchsMeasure gill area
2. Unintact demibranchSpread in a Petri dish filled with seawaterImage capture of inner, right
demibranch
3. Gill Area:
Calculated in Scion Image Softwarev.1.62cAverage of 3 measurements of eachdemibranch was multiplied by 8 toestimate total gill area
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Table 1. Effect of different explanatory variables on variation in clearancerate ofAcesta excavata from the Trondheimsfjord in Norway
Explanatoryvariable
na
( 1 s.e.)b
( 1 s.e.)F p R2
Shell height(mm)
260.355
(1.585)0.899
(0.938)0.92 0.348 0.04
Dry weight (g) 23 13.356(4.209)
0.483(0.219)
4.89 0.038 0.19
*Clearance rate was significantly correlated with dry weight but not with shell height.
Results and DiscussionClearance Rate
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Explanatoryvariable
na
( 1 s.e.)b
( 1 s.e.)F p R2
Shell height
(mm)
190.0001
(0.0007)
1.743
(1.329)
1.72 0.209 0.09
Dry weight (g) 1613.356
(4.209)0.884
(0.204)18.75 0.001 0.57
Table 2. Effect of different explanatory variables on variation in respiration
rate ofAcesta excavata from the Trondheimsfjord in Norway
*Respiration rate was significantly correlated with dry weight but not with shell height.
Results and DiscussionRespiration Rate
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Table 3. Effect of different explanatory variables on variation in gill area of
Acesta excavata from the Trondheimsfjord in NorwayExplanatory
variablen
a( 1 s.e.)
b( 1 s.e.)
F P R2
Shell height
(mm)
201.468
(3.520)
1.940
(0.505)
14.74 0.001 0.45
Dry weight (g) 197063
(1286)0505
(0.126)16.12 0.001 0.49
*Gill area was significantly correlated with both shell height and dry weight.
Results and DiscussionGill Area
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Clearance rate increasedsignificantly withincreasing gill area.
Clearance rate wassignificantly correlated
with gill area, butclearance rate per mm2 isindependent of animaldry weight.
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Respiration rateincreased significantlywith increasing gill area.
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High clearance rate
Low respiration rate
Large gill area
Lies at extremes of all three variables measured
Values represent adaptations to the sparse food availability in the
deep sea rather than adaptations to depth per se.
cesta excavata
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Not a specialized deep-water phenomenon and several
other tropical bivalves also have developed large gills to
gain sufficient energy.
Respiration rate
Dependent on several factors such as temperature
Low respiration rate value
Due to low and stable temperature at whichA. excavata lives.
cesta excavata
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