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204 CHAPITRE 5. ADAPTATIONS RESPIRATOIRES DE S. MESATLANTICA<br />
TAB. 5.3 – Comparison of composition of sea water, hydrothermal fluid <strong>and</strong> hemolymph from various<br />
decapod species. Values are mean ± s.d.<br />
Species Group Location Na+ (mM) K+ (mM) Ca 2+ (mM) Mg 2+ (mM)<br />
S. <strong>mesatlantica</strong> a Brachyura Hydroth. vent 491 ± 33 10.7 ± 1.6 13 ± 1.1 23 ± 4<br />
C. praedator a Brachyura Hydroth. vent 479.6 ± 43.7 8.7 ± 2.2 14.9 ± 6.2 21.6 ± 9.3<br />
B. thermydron a Brachyura Hydroth. vent 431.6 ± 73.4 6.9 ± 1.7 9.3 ± 4.5 19 ± 9.6<br />
R. exoculata a Caridea Hydroth. vent 403.4 ± 37.4 5.4 ± 1.1 4.6 ± 1.5 14.2 ± 6.4<br />
C. chacei a Caridea Hydroth. vent 451.8 ± 1.2 9.6 ± 0.8 4.8 ± 1 6.2 ± 0.7<br />
M. fortunata a Caridea Hydroth. vent 518 10.8 17.9 11<br />
C. affinis a Brachyura Deep sea 504.8 ± 19.2 8.8 ± 0.7 14.8 ± 4.6 19.5 ± 2.1<br />
C. <strong>maenas</strong> Brachyura Shallow water 506.8 ± 16.9 b 9.07 ±0.83 b 26 c 16.2-21.5 d -40 c<br />
Hydrothermal fluid (Lucky Strike) e 390 23.4 35.6 0<br />
St<strong>and</strong>ard deep-sea water e 468 10.2 10.3 52.9<br />
Mix (10 % fluid for a 27°C mix) f 460.2 11.52 12.83 47.61<br />
a Chausson (2001)<br />
b personal data<br />
c Truchot (1975)<br />
d Tentori et Lockwood (1990)<br />
e Charlou et al. (2000)<br />
f Chausson et al. (2004)<br />
5.4.4 Discussion<br />
Hemolymph composition<br />
The measured inorganic ions concentrations show that S. <strong>mesatlantica</strong> hemolymph is almost isotonic<br />
to the surrounding sea water, except for Mg 2+ for which it is hypotonic. No particular difference<br />
is observed compared to other hydrothermal <strong>and</strong> deep-sea species <strong>and</strong> to shallow water crab species,<br />
except for the magnesium content which is generally lower in hydrothermal brachyurans compared<br />
to shallow water ones (Table 5.3). For Bythograea thermydron, a strong hyporegulation of Mg 2+ was<br />
observed over a large range of salinities (Martinez et al., 2001). Mg 2+ is an inhibitor of the neuromuscular<br />
activity in crustaceans (Katz, 1936) <strong>and</strong> a negative correlation between general level of activity<br />
<strong>and</strong> hemolymph Mg 2+ concentration has been observed in brachyuran crustaceans (Robertson, 1953).<br />
The lower Mg 2+ level in hydrothermal vent crustaceans is close to the level in the more active crabs<br />
such as C. <strong>maenas</strong> <strong>and</strong> P. marmoratus (Martinez et al., 2001) <strong>and</strong> is interpretable as a way to perform<br />
faster <strong>and</strong> more important locomotive activity in an environment in which rapid fluctuations can occur<br />
<strong>and</strong> force animals to move rapidly in response to a sudden stress (Chausson, 2001, Thiberge, 2006).<br />
Thus, the proximity to the vent source does not induce marked modification of hemolymph inorganic<br />
ion composition <strong>and</strong> hypo-regulation of Mg 2+ can be associated with the necessity for rapid locomotory<br />
responses. The animals experience rapid fluctuations of salinities when foraging in the mixing