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Pape, Carsten; Teschke, Mathias; Meyer, Bettina (2007): Oxygen respiration and metabolic enzyme malate dehydrogenase of Euphasia superba in the South Atlantic Ocean [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667467, Supplement to: Pape, C et al. (2008): Melatonin and its possible role in mediating seasonal metabolic changes of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 149(4), 426-434, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.02.001

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Abstract:
Melatonin, the chief secretory product of the vertebrate pineal gland is suspected to be a ubiquitous molecule principally involved in the transduction of photoperiodic information. Besides vertebrates, melatonin has been detected throughout phylogeny in numerous non-vertebrate taxa. In the present study, the occurrence of melatonin in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba and its possible role in mediating seasonal metabolic changes was evaluated. Melatonin was quantified by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) purified extracts of eyestalks and hemolymph of krill sampled in the Lazarev Sea during the Antarctic winter and summer. In addition, oxygen uptake rates and the activities of the metabolic enzyme malate dehydrogenase (MDH) were recorded to assess the metabolic status of krill. Validation of melatonin measurements was carried out on the basis of three different extraction methods with parallel determination of melatonin by ELISA in crude extracts and in HPLC purified extracts, and after derivatization of melatonin under alkaline conditions in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. A significantly higher respiration rate and MDH activity was found in summer krill than in winter krill indicating that krill was in a state of reduced metabolic activity during winter. However, neither during winter nor during summer there were detectable melatonin concentrations in the visual system or hemolymph of krill. Based on these results, we question a mediating role of melatonin in the control of seasonal metabolic changes in Antarctic krill in particular and its physiological significance in krill in general.
Project(s):
Biological Oceanography @ AWI (AWI_BioOce)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -65.154100 * Median Longitude: 0.236875 * South-bound Latitude: -69.500600 * West-bound Longitude: -3.027200 * North-bound Latitude: -56.014800 * East-bound Longitude: 3.368700
Date/Time Start: 2005-12-07T03:44:00 * Date/Time End: 2006-08-14T18:30:00
Event(s):
PS69/043-2 * Latitude Start: -69.498700 * Longitude Start: 2.995800 * Latitude End: -69.500600 * Longitude End: 2.979000 * Date/Time Start: 2005-12-07T03:44:00 * Date/Time End: 2005-12-07T03:53:00 * Elevation Start: -2263.0 m * Elevation End: -2349.0 m * Campaign: ANT-XXIII/2 (PS69) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Rectangular midwater trawl (RMT)
PS69/046-1 * Latitude: -67.996500 * Longitude: 2.917700 * Date/Time: 2005-12-08T04:16:00 * Campaign: ANT-XXIII/2 (PS69) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Rectangular midwater trawl (RMT)
PS69/078-1 * Latitude: -67.517600 * Longitude: 0.017700 * Date/Time: 2005-12-18T21:52:00 * Campaign: ANT-XXIII/2 (PS69) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Rectangular midwater trawl (RMT)
Comment:
Project: Lazarev Sea Krill Study (LAKRIS), Funded by German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Pape, C (2007): Oxygen respiration of Euphasia superba at station PS69/043-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667389
  2. Pape, C (2007): Metabolic enzyme malate dehydrogenase of Euphasia superba at station PS69/046-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667397
  3. Pape, C (2007): Oxygen respiration of Euphasia superba at station PS69/046-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667390
  4. Pape, C (2007): Metabolic enzyme malate dehydrogenase of Euphasia superba at station PS69/078-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667398
  5. Pape, C (2007): Metabolic enzyme malate dehydrogenase of Euphasia superba at station PS69/092-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667399
  6. Pape, C (2007): Oxygen respiration of Euphasia superba at station PS69/092-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667391
  7. Pape, C (2007): Oxygen respiration of Euphasia superba at station PS69/474-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667392
  8. Pape, C (2007): Oxygen respiration of Euphasia superba at station PS69/489-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667393
  9. Pape, C (2007): Oxygen respiration of Euphasia superba at station PS69/497-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667394
  10. Pape, C (2007): Oxygen respiration of Euphasia superba at station PS69/506-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667395
  11. Pape, C (2007): Metabolic enzyme malate dehydrogenase of Euphasia superba at station PS69/518-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667400
  12. Pape, C (2007): Metabolic enzyme malate dehydrogenase of Euphasia superba at station PS69/520-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667401
  13. Pape, C (2007): Oxygen respiration of Euphasia superba at station PS69/520-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667396
  14. Pape, C (2007): Metabolic enzyme malate dehydrogenase of Euphasia superba at station PS69/534-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667402