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5.4. MANUSCRIT : RESPIRATORY ADAPTATIONS OF S. MESATLANTICA 199<br />
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FIG. 5.11 – Biplot graph of the canonical redundancy analysis (RDA) of the repartition of main subunits<br />
between Hc dodecamers <strong>and</strong> hexamers. Dotted arrows, explanatory variables ; full lines, response<br />
variables. Since only one canonical axis is present (the two explanatory variables "dodecamer" <strong>and</strong><br />
"hexamer" are colinear), the second axis used for the graphical representation is the first PCA axis of<br />
the residuals.<br />
proportions <strong>and</strong> the explanatory variables (X) were the subunit relative abundances. The test was not<br />
significant (R2=0.57, p-value=0.959) <strong>and</strong> no change was observed when only the 8 more abundant<br />
subunits were taken into account (R2=0.28, p-value=0.811).<br />
Finally, a last analysis was led to determine whether the other hemolymph variables had a significant<br />
effect on complexes proportions. The canonical analysis (RDA) was performed with the 3 complexes<br />
proportions as response variables (Y) <strong>and</strong> the 8 hemolymph variables (protein, Hc, L-lactate,<br />
urate, <strong>and</strong> inorganic ions contents) as the explanatory variables (X). No covariable was considered<br />
since we examined the relationships between hemolymph composition <strong>and</strong> complex proportions in<br />
all conditions. The effect of hemolymph composition on complex proportions is significant (R2=0.27,<br />
p-value=0.001). The biplot graph shows that high dodecamer proportion <strong>and</strong> low hexamer proportion<br />
are correlated with high protein (Hc) content <strong>and</strong> lower sodium concentrations, while 18-mer proportion<br />
is positively correlated with calcium content <strong>and</strong> negatively with lactate, urate, magnesium <strong>and</strong><br />
potassium contents (Figure 5.12).<br />
Hemocyanin properties<br />
Hemocyanin washed in crustacean physiological saline buffer was used to study the effect of pH,<br />
L-lactate, urate <strong>and</strong> Mg 2+ on its oxygen affinity. <strong>Segonzacia</strong> <strong>mesatlantica</strong> Hc has a very strong affinity<br />
for oxygen (P 50 =1.1-1.4 Torr at 15°C, pH 7.61). The Bohr effect is very pronounced (-1.4 to -2.7)<br />
compared to Carcinus <strong>maenas</strong> (-0.66 at pH 7.6 (Lallier, 1988)). S. <strong>mesatlantica</strong> Hc is also sensitive