Duration tenacity: a method for assessing acclimatory capacity of the Antarctic limpet, Nacella concinna

Morley, S.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7761-660X; Lemmon, V.; Obermüller, Birgit E.; Spicer, J.I.; Clark, Melody S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3442-3824; Peck, Lloyd S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-6791. 2011 Duration tenacity: a method for assessing acclimatory capacity of the Antarctic limpet, Nacella concinna. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 399 (1). 39-42. 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.013

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Abstract/Summary

The limpet, Nacella concinna, collected from the Antarctic Peninsula (67 S), was incubated at -0.3 degrees C and 2.9 degrees C for 9 months to test if the previously reported absence of acclimation capacity in Antarctic marine ectotherms could be due to the extended time it takes for them to adjust their physiology to a new stable state. Acclimation was tested through acute measurements of upper lethal limit and a modified measure of tenacity, that tested muscle capacity by measuring the length of time that N. concinna were able to remain attached to the substratum at different temperatures. Both measures acclimated in response to incubation to the higher temperature. Lethal limits were elevated in N. concinna incubated at 2.9 degrees C (8.1 +/- 0.3 degrees C) compared to those incubated at -0.3 degrees C (6.9 +/- 0.4 degrees C). 2.9 degrees C incubated N. concinna also had a maximum tenacity at 2.1 degrees C. a higher temperature than the maximum tenacity of those incubated at -0.3 degrees C, which occurred at -1.0 degrees C. This study is the first to show that the Antarctic limpet can acclimate its physiology, but that it requires a greater period of time for acclimation to occur than previous studies have allowed for.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.013
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Ecosystems
ISSN:	0022-0981
Additional Keywords:	Acclimation; Antarctic limpet; Nacella Concinna; Tenacity; Thermal window
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences Biology and Microbiology Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	23 May 2011 13:23 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14157

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.013

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Ecosystems

ISSN:

0022-0981

Additional Keywords:

Acclimation; Antarctic limpet; Nacella Concinna; Tenacity; Thermal window

NORA Subject Terms:

Marine Sciences
Biology and Microbiology
Ecology and Environment