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Geographic variation in acid–base balance of the intertidal crustacean Cyclograpsus cinereus (Decapoda, Grapsidae) during air exposure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2013

Marcelo Lagos ,
Cristián W. Cáceres  and
Marco A. Lardies
Marcelo Lagos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecología Costera, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica Ssma, Concepción, Alonso de Ribera 2850, Concepción, Chile
Cristián W. Cáceres
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecología Costera, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica Ssma, Concepción, Alonso de Ribera 2850, Concepción, Chile
Marco A. Lardies*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias, Facultad de Artes Liberales & Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Diagonal Las Torres 2640, Peñalolen, Santiago, Chile
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.A. Lardies, Departamento de Ciencias, Facultad de Artes Liberales & Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Diagonal Las Torres 2640, Peñalolen, Santiago, Chile email: [email protected].
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Abstract

In intertidal poikilotherms with wide geographic distribution, physiological variations are ubiquitous, due to phenotypic plasticity and/or individual geographic variation. Using the grapsid crab, Cyclograpsus cinereus as a study model, acclimatization differences in respiratory physiology were evaluated among populations along the Chilean coast, covering a latitudinal gradient of about 2000 km. This species inhabits the supratidal zones and, therefore, is subject to constant immersion and emersion periods, producing physiological acidification due to CO2 retention, mainly in the branchial cavity. Individuals of six populations were collected along the coastline of Chile and were exposed to air for different time periods in the laboratory. The following parameters were measured: pH, Ca2+, Cl− and haemolymphatic lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) enzyme activity. Populations from lower latitudes were significantly different from those from central and southern Chile, with a higher haemolymphatic pH variation and higher Ca2+ level, along with lower levels of Cl− and LDH enzyme activity. This indicates that the populations from lower latitudes, which are subject to higher air temperatures during emersion, have a higher homeostatic capacity during emersion periods than those of intermediate and higher latitudes. This response seems to be determined by genetic bases due to adaptation to the local environment.

Keywords

emersionlatitudinal gradientrespirationintertidalChilelactate dehydrogenaseLDHacidosis
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 94 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 159 - 165
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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