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Aerobic and anaerobic enzymatic activity and allometric scaling of the deep benthic polychaete Hyalinoecia artifex (Polychaeta: Onuphidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Gerdhard L. Jessen ,
Renato A. Quiñones  and
Rodrigo R. González
Gerdhard L. Jessen*
Affiliation:
Programa de Postgrado en Oceanografía, Departamento de Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile Centro de Investigación Oceanográfica en el Pacífico Sur Oriental (COPAS), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
Renato A. Quiñones
Affiliation:
Programa de Postgrado en Oceanografía, Departamento de Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile Centro de Investigación Oceanográfica en el Pacífico Sur Oriental (COPAS), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
Rodrigo R. González
Affiliation:
Programa de Postgrado en Oceanografía, Departamento de Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile Centro de Investigación Oceanográfica en el Pacífico Sur Oriental (COPAS), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
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Correspondence should be addressed to: G.L. Jessen, Programa de Postgrado en Oceanografía, Departamento de Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile email: gjessen@udec.cl
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Abstract

The enzymatic activity of aerobic and anaerobic metabolic pathways in Hyalinoecia artifex, a polychaete inhabiting the deep ocean, is reported. In addition, the allometry of its anaerobic and aerobic enzymatic activity is analysed. The aerobic metabolism was measured using the electron transport system activity technique (ETS), whereas the anaerobic metabolism was estimated using the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), octopine dehydrogenase (OPDH), alanopine dehydrogenase (ALPDH), strombine dehydrogenase (STRDH), and ethanol dehydrogenase (EtOHDH). The ETS activity was about 296.18 (µLO2 h−1 g−1), which is within the range described for polychaetes and other benthic metazoans. The anaerobic enzymatic activity expressed as µmol NADH min−1 g−1 was: LDH = 0.35, OPDH = 0.11, ALPDH = 12.66, STRDH = 10.78 and SDH = 0.48. The slope of the allometric relationship between specific aerobic metabolism and body size was −0.35. In the case of the allometric scaling of the anaerobic metabolism, only LDH presented a significant relationship, with a slope of b = 0.44. This positive scaling is consistent with the pattern emerging from the scarce literature on the allometry of anaerobic metabolism in marine biota.

Keywords

metabolism at bathyal depthsallometric relationships
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 89 , Issue 6 , September 2009 , pp. 1171 - 1175
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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