Determining the Thermal Tolerance of the Stage V Larvae of Homarus americanus
| dc.contributor.advisor | Annis, Dr. Eric | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sever, ReidAnn | |
| dc.contributor.department | Hood College Biology | en_US |
| dc.contributor.program | Hood College Departmental Honors | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-26T16:52:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-26T16:52:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In response to warming water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, this experiment attempts to define the thermal tolerance of Stage IV and Stage V Homarus americanus in order to test for an ontogenetic shift between the tolerances. I measured oxygen consumption in active and resting trials of Stage IV and Stage V Homarus americanus larvae to determine the average aerobic scope of each stage from 4℃ to 32℃. The Stage V larvae had twice the aerobic scope between 6℃ and 16℃ compared to that of the Stage IV’s. This supports the hypothesis that the larvae of H. americanus are more cold tolerant in Stage V. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m24qsj-mkrr | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/21379 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Hood College | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.subject | Homarus americanus | en_US |
| dc.title | Determining the Thermal Tolerance of the Stage V Larvae of Homarus americanus | en_US |
| dc.type | Collection | en_US |