Dataset: Antarctic Coral Flabellum impensum metabolism
Deployment: NBP1002

O2 consumption and metabolic enzyme activity in the Antarctic coral, Flabellum impensum

Principal Investigator:

Dr Joseph J. Torres (University of South Florida, USF)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Dr Lara V. Henry (University of South Florida, USF)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Micronekton of the Cariaco Basin: Adaptation to a severe oxygen minimum (CARIACO-micronek)

Possible climate-induced change in the distribution of Pleuragramma antarcticum on the Western Antarctic Peninsula Shelf (Antarctic_micronek)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

17 January 2014

Version Date:

2014-01-17

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/487190/data

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Description

This study characterizes the metabolism of the endemic Antarctic coral Flabellum impensum by measuring oxygen consumption and metabolic enzyme activity. This dataset is a comparison of Flabellum impensum metabolism with other corals reported in the literature and is from a table extracted from the paper,

Metabolism of an Antarctic solitary coral, Flabellum impensum. 2013, by Lara V. Henry and Joseph J. Torres found in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 449 (2013) 17-21. (Table 1)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2013.08.010

Studies referred to in Table 1:

L. Buhl-Mortensen, P.B. Mortensen, S. Armsworthy, and D. Jackson, 2007. Field observations of Flabellum spp. and laboratory study of the behavior and respiration of Flabellum alabastrum. Bull. Mar. Sci., 81 (3) (2007), pp. 543–552.

P.S. Davies, 1980. Short-term growth measurements of corals using an accurate buoyant weighing technique. Mar. Biol., 101 (1989), pp. 389–395.

B.T. Hargrave, V.E. Kostylev, and C.M. Hawkins, 2004. Benthic epifauna assemblages, biomass, and respiration in The Gully region on the Scotian Shelf, NW Atlantic Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 270 (2004), pp. 55–70.

T. Ikeda, B. Bruce, 1986. Metabolic activity and elemental composition of krill and other zooplankton from Prydz Bay, Antarctica, during early summer (November–December). Mar. Biol., 92 (1986), pp. 545–555.

K.M. Scolardi, K.L. Daly, E.A. Pakhomov, J.J. Torres, 2006. Feeding ecology and metabolism of the Antarctic cydippid ctenophore Callianira antarctica. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 317 (2006), pp. 111–126

J.M. Shick, 1990. Diffusion limitation and hyperoxic enhancement of oxygen consumption in zooxanthellate sea anemones, zoanthids, and corals. Biol. Bull., 179 (1990), pp. 148–158.

E.V. Thuesen, and J.J. Childress, 1994. Oxygen consumption rates and metabolic enzyme activities of oceanic California medusae in relation to body size and habitat depth. Biol. Bull., 187 (1994), pp. 84–98.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Corals were collected with a 10 m otter trawl by the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer off the Western Antarctic Peninsula during March 2010. The corals were collected off Anvers Island at 600 m and off Charcot Islands at 200 meters depth.

Measurements were taken on 9 specimens.

(See Henry and Torres paper cited above for more details.)

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

Individuals with no signs of trauma were allowed to recover in pre-chilled seawater in 0 degrees from 12 to 22 hours before being used in experiments.

(See Henry and Torres paper cited above for more details.)

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
ANT-0741348	NSF Antarctic Sciences
OCE-0727833	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Animal_group	The group of animals or life style of the species described or which the species belongs to.	alphanumeric	animal_group
CS_activity	Mean Citrate synthase (CS) activity. Citrate synthase is a metabolic enzyme that regulates the first step in the Krebs Cycle. Activity of this enzyme is an indicator of aerobic function.	units per gram	metabolic_enzyme
Cs_activity_SE	Mean Citrate synthase (CS) standard error.	units per gram	std_err
LDH_Activity	Mean Lactate hydrogenase activity (LDH). Lactate dehydrogenase is the terminal enzyme in anaerobic glycolysis. Its activity in an organism is an indicator of the individual's anaerobic capacity.	units per gram	metabolic_enzyme
LDH_Activity_SE	Mean Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) standard error.	units per gram	std_err
MDH_Activity	Mean Malate dehydrogenase (MDH) activity. Malate dehydrogenase (MDH) plays a role in the Krebs cycle in addition to other metabolic functions. MDH activity is an indicator of aerobic function.	units per gram	metabolic_enzyme
MDH_Activity_SE	Mean Malate dehydrogenase (MDH) standard error.	units per gram	std_err
O2_consumption	mean Oxygen consumption of animal. Measured after 100 minute had elapsed to give coral respiration a chance to stabilize.	micromoles O2 per gram(wet weight) per hour	O2_consum
O2_consumption_SE	Mean Oxygen Consumption Standard Error	micromoles O2 per gram(wet weight) per hour	std_err
Source_Year	Studies cited in the paper that represents these data.	alphanumeric	reference_paper
Species	Animal species studied.	alphanumeric	species
Tsubenzymes	Temperature of medium recording the enzyme activity.	degrees Centigrade	temp
Tsubresp	Temperature of the seawater environment for the respiration experiments.	degrees Centigrade	temp

Database

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Dataset: Antarctic Coral Flabellum impensum metabolism
Deployment: NBP1002

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Database

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Dataset: Antarctic Coral Flabellum impensum metabolismDeployment: NBP1002

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Dataset: Antarctic Coral Flabellum impensum metabolism
Deployment: NBP1002