Diel thermoregulation of the crawfish Procambarus Clarkii (crustacea, cambaridae)

Ramírez, Luis Fernando Bückle; Herrera, Fernando Díaz; Correa-Sandoval, Francisco; Sevilla, Benjamín Barón; Rodríguez, Mónica Hernández

doi:10.1016/0306-4565(94)90041-8

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“…The resulting PT of 23.9°C is very similar to previously published values [23.4°C (Espina et al, 1993)], whereas the symmetric upper and lower escape temperatures (i.e. ±2°C from the PT) support the notion that crayfish actively select and defend a temperature (Bückle Ramirez et al, 1994;Casterlin and Reynolds, 1977;Casterlin and Reynolds, 1980;Crawshaw, 1974;Payette and McGaw, 2003;Taylor, 1984;Taylor, 1990). Furthermore, crayfish required to thermoregulate are far more active than those that are held at a constant temperature, indicating that temperature selection is a strong motivating factor (Cadena and Tattersall, 2009a;Cadena and Tattersall, 2009b).…”

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“…Nevertheless, during the day, P. clarkii move into deeper, cooler water, with mean temperatures of 24.0°C, whereas at night they select water temperatures of up to 26.7°C (Bückle Ramirez et al, 1994). By selecting cooler waters during the day, crayfish lower their metabolic energy expenditure during their normally inactive periods, which presumably are associated with increased predator avoidance in deeper waters (Crawshaw, 1974).…”

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“…Interestingly, these resultant temperatures demonstrate that subordinate crayfish are relegated to selecting temperatures that are both above and below their UET (25.9°C) and LET (21.8°C), respectively. This suggests that the displacement of the subordinate crayfish is effectively to just beyond the mean voluntary escape temperature, whereas the dominant crayfish remains within the refractory zone for behavioural thermoregulation (Bückle Ramirez et al, 1994;Crawshaw, 1974;Fraenkel and Gunn, 1961). In short, both crayfish are able to regulate temperature, but the subordinate is forced to inhabit NPTs for longer periods of time.…”

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Thermal games in crayfish depend on establishment of social hierarchies

Tattersall

Luebbert

LePine

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Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARYAn unequal resource distribution is commonly seen in dominance hierarchies, in which the individual with the higher status is more successful in obtaining the resource. One possible resource is preferred temperature. When situations allow, ectotherms regulate their body temperature by behaviourally selecting different environmental conditions, achieving, when possible, a preferred temperature. Using a shuttlebox, the preferred temperature for Procambarus clarkii was determined to be 23.9°C with upper and lower voluntary escape temperatures of 25.9 and 21.8°C, respectively. If this preferred temperature zone (21.8-25.9°C) was valued as a resource, given the choice between a preferred temperature and a non-preferred temperature, crayfish should compete over the preferred temperature, with the dominant individual of dyadic pairs achieving the preferred temperature more often than the subordinate. Using a dual-choice experimental tank, competition over a binary temperature choice between rankestablished paired crayfish was determined under both warm and cold challenge conditions (warm vs preferred temperature and cold vs preferred temperature, respectively). In naive pairings, similar levels of competition over the preferred temperature occurred in both warm and cold challenge trials, as predicted by game theory. In established pairings, however, dominant crayfish gained significantly greater access to preferred temperature in both warm and cold challenge conditions. These results demonstrate that crayfish engage in a cost-benefit assessment during their initial agonistic contests over temperature, but as hierarchies mature, these thermal games are decided by the dominant animal gaining primary access to the temperature resource.

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Thermal games in crayfish depend on establishment of social hierarchies

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LePine

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Journal of Experimental Biology

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“…These included estimates taken after as little as 10 min to almost 4 h. Frequency of observation and criteria for including observations in the final estimate were not consistent among studies. Some studies allowed for habituation (Peck 1985), some considered the frequency of use of different temperatures (García-Guerrero et al 2013), and some collected data at multiple intervals, from every 2 min (Hall et al 1978) to every hour (Bückle-Ramírez et al 1994). Only Taylor (1984) reported temperature preference values based on both acute and gravitational methods.…”

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A global review of freshwater crayfish temperature tolerance, preference, and optimal growth

Westhoff

Rosenberger

2016

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Conservation efforts, environmental planning, and management must account for ongoing ecosystem alteration due to a changing climate, introduced species, and shifting land use. This type of management can be facilitated by an understanding of the thermal ecology of aquatic organisms. However, information on thermal ecology for entire taxonomic groups is rarely compiled or summarized, and reviews of the science can facilitate its advancement. Crayfish are one of the most globally threatened taxa, and ongoing declines and extirpation could have serious consequences on aquatic ecosystem function due to their significant biomass and ecosystem roles. Our goal was to review the literature on thermal ecology for freshwater crayfish worldwide, with emphasis on studies that estimated temperature tolerance, temperature preference, or optimal growth. We also explored relationships between temperature metrics and species distributions. We located 56 studies containing information for at least one of those three metrics, which covered approximately 6 % of extant crayfish species worldwide. Information on one or more metrics existed for all 3 genera of Astacidae, 4 of the 12 genera of Cambaridae, and 3 of the 15 genera of Parastacidae. Investigations employed numerous methodological approaches for estimating these parameters, which restricts comparisons among and within species. The only statistically significant relationship we observed between a temperature metric and species range was a negative linear relationship between absolute latitude and optimal growth temperature. We recommend expansion of studies examining the thermal ecology of freshwater crayfish and identify and discuss methodological approaches that can improve standardization and comparability among studies.

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“…Since its introduction in the marshlands and rice-fields of the lower Guadalquivir River (southwestern Spain) in 1974 (Habsburgo-Lorena, 1978), this species has become established in many aquatic ecosystems of the European continent and a number of its islands (Barbaresi & Gherardi, 2000). The success and expansion of P. clarkii as an invasive species is related to its ecological plasticity (Huner, 1988;Gutiérrez-Yurrita & Montes, 1998), illustrated by feeding habits (Alcorlo et al, 2004), growth performance (McClain, 1995), and environmental adaptability (Bückle Ramírez et al, 1994). Furthermore, continuous introductions and translocations for recreational and commercial purposes (Holdich & Pöckl, 2007) have been contributing factors to the current extensive occurrence of P. clarkii across Europe.…”

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Light preferences of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)

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Light intensity preferences of Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) were evaluated in an indoor fiber glass trough, consisting of five equal length (4 m) zones with light intensities varying from dark to 1,000 lux (L), situated at the 'Las Vegas del Guadiana' fish farm in Extremadura (Spain). Four trials were performed, with different light zones set in three at sections of the trough, and the fourth providing a control with one light density (300 L) throughout the trough. Whereas the highest intensity (1,000 L) was preferred in trials 1 and 2, the dimmest condition (D) was favored in trial 3. Crayfish showed a strong preference to both outside ends of the trough, and the ''end effect'' of the trough on position of the crayfish was found to be stronger than the impact of light intensity.

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Diel thermoregulation of the crawfish Procambarus Clarkii (crustacea, cambaridae)

Cited by 29 publications

References 9 publications

Thermal games in crayfish depend on establishment of social hierarchies

Thermal games in crayfish depend on establishment of social hierarchies

A global review of freshwater crayfish temperature tolerance, preference, and optimal growth

Light preferences of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)

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