Biochemical strategy of survival of the freshwater mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis at near-zero temperatures

A GC-MS-based metabolomics investigation on scallop (Chlamys farreri) during semi-anhydrous living-preservation

“…The excess production of nitric oxide can result in oxidative injury and apoptosis. In resistance to a low temperature the elevation of leucine and isoleucine levels was observed in previously investigations (Karanova, et al, 2007), similar to this study.…”

“…During the exposure, scallops faced multiple complex stressors: anoxia (Byrne, Gnaiger, McMahon, & Dietz, 1990;McMahon, 1988;Paukstis, et al, 1999;Peredo, Parada, Valdeben, & Peredo, 2006;Widdows, Bayne, Livingstone, Newell, & Donkin, 1979), desiccation (Altieri, 2006;Babarro, et al, 2008;Collas, et al, 2014;Paukstis, et al, 1999;Tarnowska, et al, 2012) and low temperature-caused hypobiosis (Karanova & Gakhova, 2007). To survive desiccation bivalves tend to close their valves and withdraw the soft tissues back into shells to minimize water loss.…”

Golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) survival during winter at the northern invasion front implies a potential high‐latitude distribution

“…The coldest period corresponded to surface ice formation on the surface of the reservoir (December through February), though we did not quantify freezing days. In general, organisms at a shallower site may experience increased mortality due to either longer exposure time or lower water temperature or both (Karanova & Gakhova, 2007; Murphy, 1983). In contrast, mussels inhabiting deeper sites may be provided with a thermal refuge during extremely cold periods, permitting higher overwintering survival.…”

“…Aside from dispersal constraints, local environmental conditions often serve as key barriers to establishment of newly introduced non‐indigenous species (NIS), with highest success occurring in areas that exhibit environmental similarity with native habitats (Kramer et al., 2017; Petsch et al., 2020). For example, temperature is directly linked to species survival and physiological performance (Karanova & Gakhova, 2007), and represents a critical factor constraining potential distribution for a wide variety of invasive species including fish (Van Zuiden et al., 2016), aquatic invertebrates (Churchill et al., 2017; Zhao et al., 2019) and terrestrial insects (Formby et al., 2018).…”

Phosphoethanolamine in brain of the euritherm lake fish Perccottus glehni (Eleotridae, Perciformes, Dyb. 1877) as a phenomenon depending on temperature factor

“…Like PEA, taurine in the process of phylogenesis is revealed in not all species of ectothermic animals. Its content is low in the body of different invertebrate species including freshwater molluscs, insects, and crustacean [12][13][14][15][16], a quantitative rise of its content occurring only in vertebrates [17][18][19]. The littoral molluscs and mussels, in which the taurine content reaches 55-77% of the total pool of free amino acids [20], are an exception among invertebrates and possibly represent an example of biochemical convergence.…”