Haemocyanin concentration in the shrimp Crangon crangon (L.) after exposure to moderate hypoxia
Hagerman, L. (1986). Haemocyanin concentration in the shrimp Crangon crangon (L.) after exposure to moderate hypoxia. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Part A Physiol. 85(4): 721-724 In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A. Physiology. Pergamon: Oxford. ISSN 0300-9629; e-ISSN 1531-4332, more |  |
| Abstract | The brown shrimp Crangon crangon was kept under normoxia and moderate (40% saturation) hypoxia. Haemocyanin concentrations were measured and the data segregated according to moult stage of the animals. The mean, normoxic haemocyanin concentration was 0.5-0.6 mM/l for intermoult animals and this increased to 0.8 mM/l and 1.3 mM/l after 1 and 2 week's hypoxia, respectively. During the moult cycle, haemocyanin concentration varied in normoxia from 0.3 mM/l (stage A) to 0.75 mM/l (stage D 3). Haemocyanin was synthesized under hypoxia in all moult stages at about 5-6% of the normoxic mean value per day. Starved Crangon showed a rapid drop in haemocyanin levels. |
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