A thermostable zone in survivorship and metabolism of a tropical marine cercaria

Title
A thermostable zone in survivorship and metabolism of a tropical marine cercaria
Publication Date
1984
Author(s)
Young, R E
Bundy, D A P
Taylor, Neil
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-319X
Email: ntaylor6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ntaylor6
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Pergamon Press
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1016/0300-9629(84)90636-4
UNE publication id
une:22483
Abstract
1. Survivorship curves and their parameters are determined at different temperatures for the marine 'Cercaria caribbea' LXXI (Cable). 2. A relationship is demonstrated between Mean Expected Life Span and half life of the populations (t₀.₅) and it is argued that t₀.₅ is a good index of glycogen utilization rate. 3. Q₁₀ values for t₀.₅ computed on this basis were 5.8 between 10 and 20°C, 3.1 between 30 and 40°C and ~- 1 between 20 and 30°C. 4. The zone of thermostability corresponds with normal environmental temperatures for the cercariae and probably serves to maximize infectivity under prevailing environmental conditions.
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Citation
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Physiology, 78(4), p. 793-798
ISSN
0300-9629
Start page
793
End page
798

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