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| Fleury, Pierre-gildas; Janssoone, Xavier; Nadeau, Madeleine; Guderley, Helga. |
| Giant scallops, Placopecten magellanicus, respond to the presence of starfish predators with an escape response consisting of a series of rapid valve adductions that allow the scallop to jump or swim away from the predator. To evaluate the coordination of the activity of the tonic and phasic muscles during such escape responses, we recorded their force production by attaching a force gauge to the shell of intact scallops and then stimulating the scallops with starfish. These recordings showed series of phasic contractions (claps) separated by prolonged tonic contractions. Numerous characteristics could be quantified from these recordings including the maximal force, mean force during the first minute, force, frequency and number of claps per series, as... |
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Palavras-chave: Scallop; Placopecten magellanicus; Tonic muscles; Escape response; Muscle contraction; Force production. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-2449.pdf |
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| Dudognon, Tony; Guderley, Helga; Quere, Claudie; Soudant, Philippe; Racotta, Ilie; Kraffe, Edouard. |
| Although laboratory experiments allow greater control of environmental conditions than field studies, they have several drawbacks. To analyze physiological responses to forcing environmental variables, experimental conditions should mimic natural conditions as closely as possible. For filter-feeding organisms in particular, diet quality and quantity is one of the environmental parameters that can differ markedly between experimental and field conditions. In the hatchery, Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, commonly show good physiological performance and growth on a mixed algal diet of Tisochrysis lutea, formerly Isochrysis aff. galbana clone Tahiti (T-Iso), and Chaetoceros calcitrans, presumably as it provides a good supply of essential polyunsaturated... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00266/37756/36065.pdf |
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