1. Metabolic potential, respiration rate and their relationship in offspring of different sizes of marble trout (Salmo marmoratus Cuvier)Anton Brancelj, Tatjana Simčič, Dušan Jesenšek, 2015, izvirni znanstveni članek Povzetek: The size and composition of fish eggs are related to female’s characteristics, such as age, size and individual conditions,
and they have an impact on the properties of offspring that are important for their fitness. Electron transport system (ETS) activity and respiration rate (R) of early life history stages (i.e. non-fertilized eggs, eggs at eyed stage and larvae with yolk sac) of 13 females of marble trout (Salmo marmoratus) were measured separately in order to determine their metabolic
properties in relation to size. The results showed that larger females produced larger eggs in higher numbers. Growth experiments on the survival of offspring of a single female revealed that the survival rate of early embryos was higher for
smaller eggs during the earliest stages, but ultimately the percentage of surviving larvae did not correlate with egg size. The ETS activities and respiration rates of non-fertilized eggs, eyed eggs and larvae differed significantly between 13 females. Both parameters increased with increasing dry mass of the early life history stages, but the increase of respiration rate was greater than that of ETS activity. The lower ETS/R ratios in larger individuals therefore indicate that their energy metabolism was less adaptable to environmental changes than that of smaller ones. Larger egg size could be an advantage under favourable conditions, whereas smaller size could be optimal under stressing circumstances in which the higher metabolic potential enables production of the energy required for metabolism. This is first report on the
relationship between ETS activity and respiration rate of the early life history stages in salmonids.
Ključne besede: Salmo marmoratus, fitness, metabolism, ETS activity, ETS/R ratio, fishes
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2. Respiration rates in shallow lakes of different types : contribution of benthic microorganisms, macrophytes, plankton and macrozoobenthosJanusz Żbikowski, Tatjana Simčič, Franja Pajk, Małgorzata Poznańska-Kakareko, Tomasz Kakareko, Jarosław Kobak, 2019, izvirni znanstveni članek Povzetek: The determination of the metabolic activity of organisms at various trophic levels is crucial for the proper assessment of the energy flow through the ecosystem, which is the basic process determining ecosystem functioning. We estimated the respiration rate in nine shallow, eutrophic lakes (macrophyte-dominated and phytoplankton-dominated) from north-eastern Poland. Respiratory carbon loss (RCL) through bottom microbial communities, macrophytes, plankton and macrozoobenthos was estimated by measuring the Electron Transport System activity. The shares of the particular ecosystem components in respiration processes differed among the lake types and seasons. The bottom microbial communities contributed most to the RCL (from 50% in the macrophyte-dominated lakes to 90% in the shallower phytoplankton-dominated lakes) except in macrophytes-dominated lakes in summer, where the macrophyte contribution prevailed (80%). The contribution of plankton was considerable only in the deeper phytoplankton-dominated lakes (20%). Macrozoobenthos was important (20%) only in the macrophyte-dominated lakes in spring and autumn. The RCL through bottom microbial communities was substantially higher in the shallow lakes (especially phytoplankton-dominated) than in deep, stratified eutrophic lakes. Shallow eutrophic lakes can be highly productive due to intensive organic matter mineralization at the bottom and rapid flow and cycling of carbon and nutrients resulting from their polymictic character.
Ključne besede: shallow lakes, ETS activity, respiratory carbon loss, abiotic parameters
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3. Učinek ultravijoličnega sevanja na smreko (Picea abies (L.) Karst) in posledice za gorski gozdni ekosistemTadeja Trošt Sedej, 2005, izvirni znanstveni članek Povzetek: Rastline, ki uspevajo v gorah, so pogosto izpostavljene stresnim razmeram, predvsem povečani jakosti sevanja UV-B, skrajnim temperaturnim razmeram ter pomanjkanju vode in hranil. Odziv smreke na okoljske razmere je kompleksen. Pri enoletnih iglicah v visokogorju smo izmerili manjšo fotokemično učinkovitost in vsebnost klorofilov, kar kaže na občutljivost mladih iglic, kjer zaščitni mehanizmi še niso dokončno razviti. Pri starejših iglicah razlika ni bila več statistično značilna, zato sklepamo, da se poškodbe v drugem in tretjem letu preprečijo ali popravijo. Pri dveletnih iglicah smreke z visokogorskega rastišča je bil dihalni potencial značilno manjši in vsebnostUV-B absorbirajočih snovi značilno večja, kar pojasnjujemo s tem, da so dveletne iglice z visokogorskega rastišča med tremi starostnimi razredi najbolj odporne proti UV-B sevanju. Iz rezultatov sicer ne moremo sklepati, v kolikšni meri je k odzivu rastline prispeval posamezni stresni dejavnik, vendar lahko trdimo, da je smreka razmeroma dobro prilagojena na velike jakosti UV-B sevanja in stresne razmere, kakršne vladajo v visokogorju.
Ključne besede: smreka, Picea abies, drevesa, UV-B sevanje, fotokemična učinkovitost, ETS, UV-B absorbirajoče snovi, vsebnost klorofila, višinski gradient, visokogorsko rastišče, stres
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