Respiration in Branchinella Kugenumaensis (Crustacea-Anostraca) inhabiting tropical astatic ponds

Abstract

The oxygen consumption (routine rate) of Branchinella kugenumaensis, inhabiting tropical astatic ponds is measured at 280C. Two distinct trends are observed in the oxygen consumption by this fairy shrimp; young, immature animals have a higher rate than the older, sexually mature animals. Branchinella kugenumaensis falls under the intermediate group of Bertalanffy, where respiration falls between the respiration surface proportional and the respiration weight porportional metabolism.

The Effect of Temperature on Oxygen Consumption in Four Species of Freshwater Fairy Shrimp (Crustacea:Anostraca)

“…Daborn (1975) reported on the oxygen consumption of Branchinecta gigas Lynch in northern Canada. Wycliffe (1979) studied respiration of Branchinella kugenumaensis in astatic ponds in south India, while Knight, Lippson and Simmons (1975) and Modlin (1983) reported on the effect of water temperature on oxygen consumption of several species of temperate fairy shrimp (Chirocephalopsis bundyi (Forbes), Eubranchipus holmani (Ryder) and E. vernalis (Verrill)) in North America. This study is concerned with the changes in oxygen consumption over a range of water temperatures of four species of adult fairy shrimp (Eubranchipus serratus Forbes, Streptocephalus seali Ryder, S. texanus Packard and Thamnocephalus platyurus Packard) common to temporary ponds along the Missouri River.…”