Respiration rate of Themisto libellula determined experimentally ...

• Main Authors: Auel, Holger, Werner, Iris
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: Species; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; Treatment temperature; Respiration rate, oxygen, per individual; Multiple opening/closing net; ARK-XVI/2; Polarstern; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158; Arctic; Antarctic; Greenland; Antarc*; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; Sea ice; Themisto; Themisto libellula
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.833782; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.833782

Daily ingestion rates of the pelagic hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula were studied in the marginal ice zone of the Arctic Fram Strait by feeding experiments, respiration measurements and an allometric approach based on body mass. Amphipods were collected by stratified multiple opening/closing net hauls and Rectangular Midwater Trawl (RMT 8) in August 2000 during the expedition ARK XVI/2 of R/V “Polarstern”. T. libellula occurred with abundances of 0.043 and 0.015 ind/m**3 in the upper 30 m of the water column at two RMT 8 stations. Based on respiration data, the daily ingestion necessary to cover metabolic energy demands measured 1.9±0.6% of body carbon per day. Actual prey consumption during feeding experiments with Calanus copepodids as prey was very similar and accounted for 1.9±1.5%/day, indicating that feeding on Calanus can meet the energy demands of T. libellula. In general, experimental results were slightly lower than the maximum potential ingestion (2%/day for an individual of median body dry ... : Supplement to: Auel, Holger; Werner, Iris (2003): Feeding, respiration and life history of the hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula in the Arctic marginal ice zone of the Greenland Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 296(2), 183-197 ...