{"title":"Respiration in spiders (Araneae).","authors":"Anke Schmitz","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0962-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00360-016-0962-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spiders (Araneae) are unique regarding their respiratory system: they are the only animal group that breathe simultaneously with lungs and tracheae. Looking at the physiology of respiration the existence of tracheae plays an important role in spiders with a well-developed tracheal system. Other factors as sex, life time, type of prey capture and the high ability to gain energy anaerobically influence the resting and the active metabolic rate intensely. Most spiders have metabolic rates that are much lower than expected from body mass; but especially those with two pairs of lungs. Males normally have higher resting rates than females; spiders that are less evolved and possess a cribellum have lower metabolic rates than higher evolved species. Freely hunting spiders show a higher energy turnover than spiders hunting with a web. Spiders that live longer than 1 year will have lower metabolic rates than those species that die after 1 year in which development and reproduction must be completed. Lower temperatures and starvation, which most spiders can cope with, will decrease the metabolic rate as well.</p>","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"54 1","pages":"403-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80189206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jaime Resano-Mayor, Antonio Hernández-Matías, Joan Real, Francesc Parés, Marcos Moleón, Rafael Mateo, Manuel E Ortiz-Santaliestra
{"title":"The influence of diet on nestling body condition of an apex predator: a multi-biomarker approach.","authors":"Jaime Resano-Mayor, Antonio Hernández-Matías, Joan Real, Francesc Parés, Marcos Moleón, Rafael Mateo, Manuel E Ortiz-Santaliestra","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0967-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00360-016-0967-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Animal body condition refers to the health and physiological state of individuals, and multiple parameters have been proposed to quantify this key concept. Food intake is one of the main determinants of individual body condition and much debate has been generated on how diet relates to body condition. We investigated this relationship in free-living Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) nestlings sampled at two geographically distant populations in Spain. Nestlings' main prey consumption was estimated by isotopic analyses. A multi-biomarker approach, including morphometric and blood biochemical measures (i.e. hematocrit, plasma biochemistry and oxidative stress biomarkers), enabled us to integrate all the body condition measures taken. A greater consumption of a preferred prey [i.e. the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)] improved nestling body condition, as indicated by lower levels of cholesterol in plasma, greater activity of enzymes mediating in protein catabolism, higher levels of tocopherol and glutathione, and less glutathione peroxidase activity, which also suggested lower degree of oxidative stress. On the other hand, increased diet diversity was positively correlated with higher levels of oxidized glutathione, which suggests that these nestlings had poorer body condition than those with a higher frequency of preferred prey consumption. Several factors other than diet [i.e. altitude of nesting areas, nestling sex and age, sampling time (before or after midday) and recent food ingestion] had an effect on certain body condition measures. Our study reveals a measurable effect of diet on a predator's body condition and demonstrates the importance of considering the potential influence of multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors when assessing animal body condition. </p>","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"21 1","pages":"343-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81882451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The response of claudin-like transmembrane septate junction proteins to altered environmental ion levels in the larval mosquito Aedes aegypti","authors":"Sima Jonusaite, S. Kelly, A. Donini","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0979-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-016-0979-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"19 1","pages":"589 - 602"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74342020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Márcio A. Geihs, M. A. Vargas, F. E. Maciel, O. Vakkuri, V. Meyer-Rochow, S. Allodi, L. Nery
{"title":"Effects of hypoxia and reoxygenation on the antioxidant defense system of the locomotor muscle of the crab Neohelice granulata (Decapoda, Varunidae)","authors":"Márcio A. Geihs, M. A. Vargas, F. E. Maciel, O. Vakkuri, V. Meyer-Rochow, S. Allodi, L. Nery","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0976-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-016-0976-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"30 10","pages":"569 - 579"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91400185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Teulier, B. Rey, J. Tornos, Marion Le Coadic, P. Monternier, A. Bourguignon, V. Dolmazon, C. Romestaing, J. Rouanet, C. Duchamp, D. Roussel
{"title":"Lipid-induced thermogenesis is up-regulated by the first cold-water immersions in juvenile penguins","authors":"L. Teulier, B. Rey, J. Tornos, Marion Le Coadic, P. Monternier, A. Bourguignon, V. Dolmazon, C. Romestaing, J. Rouanet, C. Duchamp, D. Roussel","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0975-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-016-0975-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"589 1","pages":"639 - 650"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74715480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response of branchial Na+/K+ ATPase to changes in ambient temperature in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus)","authors":"K. Michael, N. Koschnick, H. Pörtner, M. Lucassen","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0970-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-016-0970-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"52 1","pages":"461 - 470"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80027308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hyperventilation and blood acid–base balance in hypercapnia exposed red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)","authors":"R. Ern, A. Esbaugh","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0971-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-016-0971-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"34 1","pages":"447 - 460"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82029661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Mann, A. Abuelo, D. Nydam, F. L. Leal Yepes, T. Overton, J. Wakshlag
{"title":"Insulin signaling and skeletal muscle atrophy and autophagy in transition dairy cows either overfed energy or fed a controlled energy diet prepartum","authors":"S. Mann, A. Abuelo, D. Nydam, F. L. Leal Yepes, T. Overton, J. Wakshlag","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0969-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-016-0969-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"30 1","pages":"513 - 525"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76169598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca J. Bollinger, S. Madsen, Maryline C Bossus, C. Tipsmark
{"title":"Does Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) exhibit a gill Na+/K+-ATPase isoform switch during salinity change?","authors":"Rebecca J. Bollinger, S. Madsen, Maryline C Bossus, C. Tipsmark","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0972-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-016-0972-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"51 1","pages":"485 - 501"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74039209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. M. Strauss, Robyn S. Hetem, D. Mitchell, S. Maloney, Leith C. R. Meyer, A. Fuller
{"title":"Three African antelope species with varying water dependencies exhibit similar selective brain cooling","authors":"W. M. Strauss, Robyn S. Hetem, D. Mitchell, S. Maloney, Leith C. R. Meyer, A. Fuller","doi":"10.1007/s00360-016-0968-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-016-0968-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Physiology B","volume":"32 1","pages":"527 - 540"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76923903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}