EFFECT OF DECOMPRESSION ON MESOPELAGIC GELATINOUS ZOOPLANKTON - A COMPARISON OF IN-SITU AND SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS OF METABOLISM

Authors
BAILEY TG TORRES JJ YOUNGBLUTH MJ OWEN GP
Citation
Tg. Bailey et al., EFFECT OF DECOMPRESSION ON MESOPELAGIC GELATINOUS ZOOPLANKTON - A COMPARISON OF IN-SITU AND SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS OF METABOLISM, Marine ecology. Progress series, 113(1-2), 1994, pp. 13-27
Citations number
71
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Ecology
Journal title
Marine ecology. Progress series → ACNP
ISSN journal
01718630
Volume
113
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
13 - 27
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-8630(1994)113:1-2<13:EODOMG>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Weight- and carbon-specific rates of respiration for 4 mesopelagic gel atinous zooplankton (2 ctenophores, 1 trachymedusa and 1 pelagic holot hurian) measured in situ were 2 to 5 times higher than those from ship board incubations. These results support the theory that removal of de ep-living gelatinous species from natural environments can adversely a ffect their metabolism. The disparity between in situ and shipboard tr eatments is most simply explained by an interaction between pressure a nd activity, i.e. a loss of motor activity due to decompression occurr ed among animals used in shipboard experiments.