Metabolic rates of benthic deep-sea decapod crustaceans decline with increasing depth primarily due to the decline in temperature

Childress, James J.; Cowles, David L.; Favuzzi, J.A.; Mickel, T. J.

doi:10.1016/0198-0149(90)90104-4

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“…For comparison, epipelagic fish and squids have rates that are 10-to 200-fold higher than most bathy-or deep benthopelagic species (figures 3a,c and 4). Among the benthic groups, the more active caridean shrimps exhibit a significant decline with depth as was originally shown with data from California species alone (figure 1c; Childress et al 1990a). The slope reported here, with the inclusion of data from Mediterranean species (Company & Sarda 1998), is approximately 50% less than initially reported.…”

Section: Rates Of Metabolism In Relation To Environmental Variablessupporting

confidence: 72%

“…0.1 m s K1 ; Priede et al 1990;Priede & Bagley 2000), while the blue hake, Antimora rostrata, and a deep-sea eel, Synaphobranchus kaupii, reportedly have high routine swimming rates and burst swimming abilities similar to shallow-living pelagic species at equivalent temperatures (Bailey et al , 2005. However, as indicated above, swimming speeds, especially those measured remotely following attraction to bait, may be a poor indicator of capacity (Childress et al 1990a). Whether the reported speeds represent a routine or maximum sustainable speed, or possibly even depend to some extent on burst swimming using anaerobic metabolism, is impossible to know using these methods but is crucial for accurate comparison with shallow-living species.…”

Section: Predator-prey Interactions Locomotion and Metabolism (A)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Much less work has been published on the metabolism of deep-sea benthic animals in part because collecting specimens in good health is more complicated (Childress et al 1990a). Benthic species are better represented by measurements of metabolic enzyme activities that serve as proxies for metabolic capacity.…”

Section: Rates Of Metabolism In Relation To Environmental Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Benthic species are better represented by measurements of metabolic enzyme activities that serve as proxies for metabolic capacity. The majority of oxygen consumption and aerobic metabolic enzyme measurements in deep-sea benthic species, including echinoderms (Smith 1983), meiobenthic animals (Shirayama 1992), crabs and shrimp (Childress & Mickel 1985;Henry et al 1990;Walsh & Henry 1990;Childress et al 1990a;Bailey et al 2005), amphipods (Smith & Baldwin 1982;Treude et al 2002), sponges (Witte & Graff 1996) and octopods were at most oneto fivefold lower than shallow-living species after temperature correction and many of these groups show no decline at all (e.g. figures 1c, 2, 3c and 4).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Childress et al (1990a) hypothesized that differences in metabolism between groups of benthic crustaceans can be explained by mode of locomotion (sedentary versus active swimmers), but that the slopes of the relationships with depth vary with exposure to predators on and off the bottom (Childress et al 1990a;Childress & Thuesen 1995). In the open pelagic environment, animals may hide only by being transparent or small (Hamner 1995;Johnsen 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The rate of metabolism in marine animals: environmental constraints, ecological demands and energetic opportunities

Seibel

Drazen

2007

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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The rates of metabolism in animals vary tremendously throughout the biosphere. The origins of this variation are a matter of active debate with some scientists highlighting the importance of anatomical or environmental constraints, while others emphasize the diversity of ecological roles that organisms play and the associated energy demands. Here, we analyse metabolic rates in diverse marine taxa, with special emphasis on patterns of metabolic rate across a depth gradient, in an effort to understand the extent and underlying causes of variation. The conclusion from this analysis is that low rates of metabolism, in the deep sea and elsewhere, do not result from resource (e.g. food or oxygen) limitation or from temperature or pressure constraint. While metabolic rates do decline strongly with depth in several important animal groups, for others metabolism in abyssal species proceeds as fast as in ecologically similar shallow-water species at equivalent temperatures. Rather, high metabolic demand follows strong selection for locomotory capacity among visual predators inhabiting well-lit oceanic waters. Relaxation of this selection where visual predation is limited provides an opportunity for reduced energy expenditure. Large-scale metabolic variation in the ocean results from interspecific differences in ecological energy demand.Keywords: metabolism; deep sea; scaling; oxygen consumption; locomotion; marine INTRODUCTIONThe rates of metabolic processes in animals vary tremendously throughout the biosphere (e.g. Bennett 1991; Seibel 2007). The origins and scope of this variation are a matter of active debate. Some emphasize geometric and environmental constraints or resource limitation as its source (e.g. Gillooly et al. 2001;Brown et al. 2004), while others emphasize the diversity of ecological roles that organisms play and the associated energy demands (Childress 1995;Suarez 1996;Reinhold 1999;Clarke 2004;Seibel 2007) as a primary driver of metabolic variation. With this in mind, the present paper addresses three seemingly simple questions: (i) what is the extent of variation in the rate of metabolism across diverse taxa and environments, (ii) what environmental and ecological demands act on organisms to drive selection for high metabolic capacity, and (iii) under what environmental circumstances might such selection be relaxed or capacity be constrained?These questions have been pursued vigorously for decades but the clarity of the debate has been diminished by the subtlety of differences in capacity between the taxa most thoroughly studied, that often

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Section: Rates Of Metabolism In Relation To Environmental Variablessupporting

confidence: 72%

Section: Predator-prey Interactions Locomotion and Metabolism (A)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rates Of Metabolism In Relation To Environmental Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Rates Of Metabolism In Relation To Environmental Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drazen

2007

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Body mass, temperature, and depth shape the maximum intrinsic rate of population increase in sharks and rays

Pardo

Dulvy

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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An important challenge in ecology is to understand variation in species' maximum intrinsic rate of population increase, r max , not least because r max underpins our understanding of the limits of fishing, recovery potential, and ultimately extinction risk. Across many vertebrate species, terrestrial and aquatic, body mass and environmental temperature are important correlates of r max . In sharks and rays, specifically, r max is known to be lower in larger species, but also in deep sea ones. We use an information‐theoretic approach that accounts for phylogenetic relatedness to evaluate the relative importance of body mass, temperature, and depth on r max . We show that both temperature and depth have separate effects on shark and ray r max estimates, such that species living in deeper waters have lower r max . Furthermore, temperature also correlates with changes in the mass scaling coefficient, suggesting that as body size increases, decreases in r max are much steeper for species in warmer waters. These findings suggest that there are (as‐yet understood) depth‐related processes that limit the maximum rate at which populations can grow in deep‐sea sharks and rays. While the deep ocean is associated with colder temperatures, other factors that are independent of temperature, such as food availability and physiological constraints, may influence the low r max observed in deep‐sea sharks and rays. Our study lays the foundation for predicting the intrinsic limit of fishing, recovery potential, and extinction risk species based on easily accessible environmental information such as temperature and depth, particularly for data‐poor species.

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Influence of Environmental Variables on the Abundance and Distribution of the Deep-Water Shrimps Nematocarcinus faxoni Burukovsky, 2001 and N. agassizii Faxon, 1893 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nematocarcinidae) off Western Mexico

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Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas

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Metabolic rates of benthic deep-sea decapod crustaceans decline with increasing depth primarily due to the decline in temperature

Cited by 106 publications

References 64 publications

The rate of metabolism in marine animals: environmental constraints, ecological demands and energetic opportunities

The rate of metabolism in marine animals: environmental constraints, ecological demands and energetic opportunities

Body mass, temperature, and depth shape the maximum intrinsic rate of population increase in sharks and rays

Influence of Environmental Variables on the Abundance and Distribution of the Deep-Water Shrimps Nematocarcinus faxoni Burukovsky, 2001 and N. agassizii Faxon, 1893 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nematocarcinidae) off Western Mexico

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