Respiration by ciliates of various dimensions in conditions of different oxygen concentrations

• Authors: A.A. Kovalchuk , R.V. Babko
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The oxygen consumption of 6 ciliated protozoa species in conditions of different oxygen concentration was studied using the electrode polarograph. Two types of dependence have been suggested to describe the ciliate oxygen consumption rates (OCR) under different oxygen concentrations. A high level of ciliate respiratory metabolism was established, both large and small ciliates reacting moreover under the oxygen changes similarly. Coefficients for correcting respiration at the lower oxygen concentrations were developed.

Keywords

EN

CILIATA; OXYGEN CONTENT; OXYGEN CORRECTION; RESPIRATION

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia Biologica
• Year: 1997
• Volume: 45
• Pages: 35-40

Contributors

author

A.A. Kovalchuk

author

R.V. Babko

• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: A.A. Kovalchuk, Laboratory of Natural Ecosystems Ecology at the University of Usgorod, Dovsenka 4/6, Usgorod, Zakarpatska oblast, 294000, Ukraine,