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| Childress, Jj; Fisher, Cr; Favuzzi, Ja; Kochevar, Re; Sanders, Nk; Alayse, Anne-marie. |
| Hydrothermal vent tubeworms, Riftia pachyptila Jones, were maintained alive and studied on board ship using flow-through pressure aquaria. Simultaneous measurements of O2, SIGMA-CO2, SIGMA-H2S fluxes showed that the intact symbioses reach maximum rates of uptake of SIGMA-CO2 (>2 mu-mole g-1 h-1) at about 90 mu-M SIGMA-H2S. Measurements were made of hemolymph and coelomic fluid SIGMA-CO2, SIGMA-H2S, thiosulfate, pH, and hemoglobin concentrations in worms kept under various conditions of O2 and SIGMA-H2S. Normal hemolymph pH appears to be about 7.5 and is not affected by SIGMA-H2S and SIGMA-CO2 concentrations within the ranges observed. We conclude that Riftia is specialized to provide sulfide to its symbionts with minimal interaction of sulfide with the... |
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| Ano: 1991 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00178/28970/27392.pdf |
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