A laboratory simulation of the effects of acute salinity decrease on osmoregulation and Hsps expression in the swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus: implications for aquaculture

• Published in: Marine and freshwater behaviour and physiology Vol. 46; no. 5; pp. 301 - 311
• Main Authors: Lu, Yun Liang, Wang, Fang, Jia, Xu Ying, Gao, Qin Feng, Dong, Shuang Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 01.09.2013
• Subjects: acute effects; carbonate dehydratase; crab culture; Decapoda; Freshwater; gills; heat shock proteins; hemolymph; Hsp; Marine; muscles; osmolality; osmoregulation; osmotic enzyme; Portunus trituberculatus; salinity decrease; salt stress; sodium; water salinity

Groups of swimming crabs, Portunus trituberculatus, were subject to sharp decreases of water salinity from 30 to 25, 20 and 15 psu, respectively, under laboratory conditions to simulate events that could occur during culture. Their osmoregulation and heat shock proteins (Hsps) expression were analys...