...Martina Keller; Angela Maria Sommer; Hans O. Pörtner; Doris Abele SUMMARY The influence of seasonal and acute temperature changes on mitochondrial functions were studied in isolated mitochondria of the eurythermal lugworm Arenicola marina (Polychaeta), with special emphasis on the interdependence...

..., USA (e-mail: [email protected] ) 13 7 2000 26 9 2000 © 2000 by Company of Biologists 2000 ventilation sulphide hypoxia metabolism lugworm anaerobiosis Arenicola marina The lugworm Arenicola marina (Polychaeta) is a dominant member of the macrobenthos...

...Kerstin Hauschild; Wolf-Michael Weber; Wolfgang Clauss; Manfred K. Grieshaber ABSTRACT Thiosulphate, the main sulphide detoxification product, is accumulated in the body fluids of the lugworm Arenicola marina . The aim of this study was to elucidate the fate of thiosulphate. Electrophysiological...

... 10 1996 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1997 Arenicola marina lugworm mitochondrial sulphide oxidation ATP production oxidative phosphorylation The lugworm Arenicola marina inhabits marine intertidal flats. In this environment, the pore water of the sediment can...

...André Toulmond; Catherine Tchernigovtzeff ABSTRACT The time course of variation in blood acid-base balance was examined in lugworms, Arenicola marina (L.), experimentally acclimated for up to 72 h in hypoxic (1 mmHg = 133-3 Pa), normoxic ) or hyperoxic sea water. In hyperoxic animals, a blood...