Identification of different physiological functions within the gills and epipodites of the American lobster: Differences in metabolism, transbranchial transport, and mRNA expression

Autor: Garett Joseph Patrick Allen, Maria Sachs, Mikyla Tara Nash, Alex R. Quijada-Rodriguez, Aaron Klymasz-Swartz, Dirk Weihrauch
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecularintegrative physiology. 276
ISSN: 1531-4332
Popis: Transbranchial transport processes are responsible for the homeostatic regulation of most essential physiological functions in aquatic crustaceans. Due to their widespread use as laboratory models, brachyuran crabs are commonly used to predict how other decapod crustaceans respond to environmental stressors including ocean acidification and warming waters. Non-brachyuran species such as the economically-valuable American lobster, Homarus americanus, possess trichobranchiate gills and epipodites that are known to be anatomically distinct from the phyllobranchiate gills of brachyurans; however, studies have yet to define their potential physiological differences. Our results indicate that the pleuro-, arthro-, and podobranch gills of the lobster are functionally homogenous and similar to the respiratory gills of brachyurans as indicated by equivalent rates of H
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