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Biol Bull 177: 154-166. (August 1989)
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Effects of Hypoxia and Anoxia on Survival, Energy Metabolism, and Feeding of Oyster Larvae (Crassostrea virginica, Gmelin)

J. WIDDOWS 1, R. I. E. NEWELL 2, and R. MANN 3

1 Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe. Plymouth PU 3DH, England
2 Horn Point Environmental Laboratories, University of Maryland, Box 775, Cambridge, Maryland 21613
3 Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia, 23062

The tolerance of Crassostrea virginica larvae to anoxia increases with developmental stage and body size. Median mortality times range from 11 h for prodissoconch larvae of 82 µm (shell length) to 51 h for pediveliger larvae of 312 µm, and 150 h for juvenile oysters. Simultaneous calorimetry and respirometry showed that in response to declining oxygen tension (Po2), the rates of heat dissipation and oxygen uptake by oyster larvae are maintained independent of Po2 down to low Pc values (2 kPa for prodissoconch larvae and 8 kPa for pediveliger and juveniles). Therefore, total energy metabolism is sustained mainly by aerobic metabolism down to 2 and 4 kPa for early larval stages and juveniles, respectively. Prodissoconch larvae maintain relatively high rates of heat dissipation under anoxic conditions (34% of normoxic rate), whereas pediveliger and juveniles lower their anoxic rates of heat dissipation to 3% of the normoxic rate. The ability to reduce rates of heat dissipation and thus conserve energy expenditure under anoxia appears to be related to the increase in anoxia tolerance with larval development. The larval differences in the relationship between Po2 and the rate of heat dissipation are also reflected in feeding rate (ingestion rate of microspheres). Prodissoconch larvae maintain feeding activity under anoxic conditions (29% of normoxic ingestion rate), in contrast to pediveliger larvae, which lower ingestion rates to 5% of the normoxic rate.

Submitted on January 23, 1989
Accepted on May 30, 1989




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