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dc.contributor.authorVerberk, WC
dc.contributor.authorBilton, David
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-21T11:47:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-24T15:07:36Z
dc.date.available2015-10-21T11:47:00Z
dc.date.available2016-05-24T15:07:36Z
dc.date.issued2015-07
dc.identifier.issn0022-0949
dc.identifier.issn1477-9145
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/4718
dc.description.abstract

Thermal tolerance has been hypothesized to result from a mismatch between oxygen supply and demand. However, the generality of this hypothesis has been challenged by studies on various animal groups, including air-breathing adult insects. Recently, comparisons across taxa have suggested that differences in gas exchange mechanisms could reconcile the discrepancies found in previous studies. Here, we test this suggestion by comparing the behaviour of related insect taxa with different gas exchange mechanisms, with and without access to air. We demonstrate oxygen-limited thermal tolerance in air-breathing adults of the plastron-exchanging water bug Aphelocheirus aestivalis. Ilyocoris cimicoides, a related, bimodal gas exchanger, did not exhibit such oxygen-limited thermal tolerance and relied increasingly on aerial gas exchange with warming. Intriguingly, however, when denied access to air, oxygen-limited thermal tolerance could also be induced in this species. Patterns in oxygen-limited thermal tolerance were found to be consistent across life-history stages in these insects, with nymphs employing the same gas exchange mechanisms as adults. These results advance our understanding of oxygen limitation at high temperatures; differences in the degree of respiratory control appear to modulate the importance of oxygen in setting tolerance limits.

dc.format.extent2083-2088
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Company of Biologists
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3678
dc.relation.replaces10026.1/3678
dc.subjectGlobal warming
dc.subjectHeat tolerance
dc.subjectHypoxia
dc.subjectMulti stressor
dc.subjectOCLTT
dc.subjectRespiration physiology
dc.titleOxygen-limited thermal tolerance is seen in a plastron-breathing insect and can be induced in a bimodal gas exchanger.
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
plymouth.author-urlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25964420
plymouth.issuePt 13
plymouth.volume218
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalJ Exp Biol
dc.identifier.doi10.1242/jeb.119560
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA07 Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-01-01
dc.rights.embargodate2016-7-31
dc.identifier.eissn1477-9145
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1242/jeb.119560
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2015-07
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review


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