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Temperature Compensation in the Escape Response of a Marine Copepod, Calanus finmarchicus (Crustacea)

Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993 East-West Rd., Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

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Calanus finmarchicus, the dominant mesozooplankter of the North Atlantic, is an important food source for many fishes and other planktivores. This species, which has limited diel vertical migration, depends on its fast-start escape response to evade predators. It has myelinated neuronal axons, which contribute to its rapid and powerful escape response. The thermal environment that C. finmarchicus inhabits ranges from below 0 °C to 16 °C. Previous studies have shown that respiration, growth, and reproductive rates are strongly dependent on temperature, with Q₁₀ > 2.5. A comparable dependence of the escape response could place the animal at higher risk for cold-compensated predators. Our work focused on the temperature dependence of the behavioral response to stimuli that mimic predatory attacks. We found that in contrast to other biological processes, all aspects of the escape response showed a low dependence on temperature, with Q₁₀ values below 2. This low temperature dependence was consistent for escape parameters that involved neural as well as muscle components of the behavioral response. These findings are discussed in the contexts of the predator-prey relations of copepods and the thermal dependence of behavior in other taxa.

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