Intermittent hypoxia in eggs ofAmbystoma maculatum: embryonic development and egg capsule conductance

Journal of Experimental Biology - Tập 210 Số 14 - Trang 2430-2435 - 2007
J. Hunter Valls1, Nathan E. Mills1
1Department of Biology, Harding University, Searcy, AR 72149, USA.

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SUMMARYThe spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum breeds in shallow freshwater pools and imbeds its eggs within a common outer jelly matrix that can limit oxygen availability. The eggs are impregnated with the unicellular alga Oophilia amblystomatis, which produces oxygen during the day but consumes oxygen at night. This daily cycle of algal oxygen production drives a diurnal fluctuation of oxygen partial pressure(PO2) within the eggs, the magnitude of which depends on the distance of an egg from the exterior of the jelly matrix and on the ambient PO2 of the pond. We subjected A. maculatum eggs to fluctuating oxygen levels with a variable minimum PO2 and an invariable maximum, to simulate natural conditions, and measured differences in developmental rate,day and stage at hatching, and egg capsule conductance(GO2). Lower minimum PO2 slowed development and resulted in delayed,yet developmentally premature hatching. GO2increased in all treatments throughout development, but PO2 had no detectable effect on the increase. Intermittent hypoxia caused comparable but less pronounced developmental delays than chronic hypoxia and failed to elicit the measurable change in GO2 seen in ambystomatid salamander eggs exposed to chronic hypoxia.

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Journal of Experimental Biology

Tập 210 Số 14

2430-2435

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