Hydrostatic Pressure and Temperature Effects on the Membranes of a Seasonally Migrating Marine Copepod

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 10; p. e111043
• Main Authors: Pond, David W., Tarling, Geraint A., Mayor, Daniel J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.10.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adaptation, Physiological; Adaptations; Animal Migration; Animals; Antarctic Regions; Biology and Life Sciences; Calanoides acutus; Cell division; Cell Membrane - metabolism; Climate change; Cold pressing; Cold Temperature; Composition effects; Copepoda; Copepoda - physiology; Copepods; Deep sea; Deep sea environments; Dormancy; Earth Sciences; Ecology; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystems; Environmental changes; Environmental stress; Fatty acids; High pressure; Hydrostatic Pressure; Hypotheses; Ingestion; Life cycle engineering; Life cycles; Lipids; Low temperature; Membrane Lipids - metabolism; Membranes; Migration; Oceans and Seas; Phospholipids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Pressure; Pressure effects; Seasons; Seawater; Surface water; Temperature; Temperature effects; Zooplankton; Antarctic Regions; United Kingdom > UK; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean

Marine planktonic copepods of the order Calanoida are central to the ecology and productivity of high latitude ecosystems, representing the interface between primary producers and fish. These animals typically undertake a seasonal vertical migration into the deep sea, where they remain dormant for p...