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dc.contributor.authorMethling, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorDouda, Karel
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Huanzhang
dc.contributor.authorRouchet, Romain
dc.contributor.authorBartáková, Veronika
dc.contributor.authorYu, Dan
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Carl
dc.contributor.authorReichard, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-07T00:36:35Z
dc.date.available2019-11-07T00:36:35Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-07
dc.identifier256160479
dc.identifier5bd8713a-da95-4140-9f19-2065c21a1c3b
dc.identifier85064567479
dc.identifier000454039800007
dc.identifier.citationMethling , C , Douda , K , Liu , H , Rouchet , R , Bartáková , V , Yu , D , Smith , C & Reichard , M 2018 , ' Energetic costs in the coevolutionary relationship between bitterling fish and freshwater mussels ' , Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , vol. Advance Articles . https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly178en
dc.identifier.issn0024-4066
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-3285-0379/work/50743671
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/18866
dc.descriptionThis research was supported by the Czech Science Foundation (13-05872S) and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant no. XDB31040000).en
dc.description.abstractBitterling fishes and unionid mussels are involved in a two-sided co-evolutionary association. On the one side, bitterling exploit unionids by ovipositing in their gills. On the other side, unionids develop via a larval stage (glochidium) that attaches to fish gills. Both interactions are parasitic and expected to have negative consequences for the host. Here, we examine the effects of this association on the metabolic rates of mussel and fish hosts by measuring oxygen uptake rates (MO2). Measurements were performed on two widespread and broadly coexisting species, namely the rose bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus and Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana. As predicted, we observed an increase in routine MO2 in mussels parasitized by bitterling, but only when hosting early stages of bitterling embryos that reside in the interlamellar space of the gills and obstruct water circulation. Hosting later-stage bitterling embryos (that reside in the suprabranchial cavity outside the host gills) was not associated with a higher routine MO2. We did not observe an acute negative effect of glochidial infestations on maximal oxygen uptake rate (MO2max), but glochidia-infested bitterling showed consistently lower oxygen consumption rates during recovery from MO2max. Our results suggest that acute costs of this mutually parasitic relationship might be mitigated, at least in part, by adaptations to limit infestation rates.
dc.format.extent299397
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBiological Journal of the Linnean Societyen
dc.subjectAcheilognathinaeen
dc.subjectBranchial parasitesen
dc.subjectEvolutionary arms raceen
dc.subjectMetabolic rateen
dc.subjectUnionidaeen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleEnergetic costs in the coevolutionary relationship between bitterling fish and freshwater musselsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/biolinnean/bly178
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-11-07
dc.identifier.urlhttps://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biolinnean/bly178/5164100?searchresult=1en


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