Effect of temperature on the Emergence, activity and feeding of male and female Sand Crabs (Portunus pelagicus)

1990 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 545 ◽  
Author(s):  
WD Sumpton ◽  
GS Smith
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Sexual Differences ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Catch Per Unit Effort ◽  
Portunus Pelagicus ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Moreton Bay ◽  
Trap Fishery ◽  
Food Consumed

The effect of temperature on emergence, activity and feeding of the sand crab, Portunus pelagicus (L.), was measured under laboratory conditions. Crab emergence was greatest at night, particularly shortly after dusk. Males were significantly more active than females, but the activity of both sexes declined with falling temperature. There were no significant differences in the amount of food consumed by male and female P. pelagicus within the temperature range 16.5-26�C. It was concluded that sexual differences in catchability, as a result of differential activity and feeding, were not responsible for the seasonal changes in catch per unit effort of male and female P. pelagicus in the Moreton Bay trap fishery.

Acetylene chemisorption at palladium: Effect of temperature and structure of the surface

1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1448-1458
Author(s):  
Josef Kopešťanský
Keyword(s):  
Work Function ◽  
Atomic Hydrogen ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Thermally Stable ◽  
Template Effect ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Adsorbed Layers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Adsorption Complexes ◽  
Low Coverage

The effect of temperature and structure of the palladium surfaces on acetylene chemisorption was studied along with the interaction of the adsorbed layers with molecular and atomic hydrogen. The work function changes were measured and combined with the volumetric measurements and analysis of the products. At temperature below 100 °C, acetylene is adsorbed almost without dissociation and forms at least two different types of thermally stable adsorption complexes. Acetylene adsorbed at 200 °C is partly decomposed, especially in the low coverage region. Besides the above mentioned effects, the template effect of adsorbed acetylene was studied in the temperature range from -80° to 25 °C. It has been shown that this effect is a typical phenomenon of the palladium-acetylene system which is not due to surface impurities.

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE RATE AND VARIATION OF OPERCULAR MOVEMENT IN FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS DIAPHANUS

1947 ◽  
Vol 25d (2) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
Benjamin N. Kropp
Keyword(s):  
Constant Temperature ◽  
Beat Frequency ◽  
Nervous Activity ◽  
Respiratory Movement ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Sources Of Variation ◽  
Fundulus Diaphanus

The rates of opercular beat of 16 specimens of Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus were recorded over a temperature range from 4.3° to 17.5 °C. in order to determine how this respiratory movement varied with temperature and some of the sources of variation in rate. While the rate of beat varies directly as the temperature, over a period of several hours at any constant temperature continuous recordings of the rate show recurring cycles of rise and fall in beat frequency that are chiefly responsible for the scatter of the observations. Both the duration of a cycle and the limits of rise and fall for each cycle are definitely set by the temperature. The possible dependence of these phenomena upon central nervous activity is discussed.

Mitochondrial membrane fluorescence and temperature adaptation in Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea)

Parasitology ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Walker ◽  
J. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Arrhenius Plot ◽  
Gallus Domesticus ◽  
Temperature Adaptation ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Acclimation Temperature ◽  
Membrane Composition ◽  
Mitochondrial Membranes ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Schistocephalus Solidus

The fluorescent probe 1-anilino-8-naphthalene suiphonic acid (ANS) was used to investigate the effect of temperature on the physical state of the mitochondrial membranes of adult and larval schistocephalus solzdus together with that of their hosts Gasterosteus aculeatus and Gallus domesticus. Arrhenius plots of ANS/membrane fluorescence for S. solidus plerocercoids was linear over the temperature range 15 to 58 °C, while that for the adult was biphasic with a discontinuity at 39·9 °C. This was interpreted as a physical change which occurred in the adult membrane but not in the plerocercoid membrane and pointed to an alteration in membrane composition during infection. Gasierosteus aculeatus showed a linear Arrhenius plot for membrane fluorescence, irrespective of acclimation temperature. Gallus domesticus showed a discontinuity in the Arrhenius plot for membrane fluorescence at 46·9 °C, outside the normal physiological temperature range.

NQR Relaxation Studies on Halogenomethyl Groups in Halogenoacetates

1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 480-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Zdanowska-Fnjczek
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Lattice Relaxation ◽  
Spin Lattice Relaxation ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Relaxation Theory ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Spin Lattice ◽  
Relaxation Studies

Abstract The effect of temperature on the chlorine NQR spin-lattice relaxation times in CsH(ClH2-CCOO)2 , KH(Cl3 CCOO) 2 and N(CH3)4 H(ClF2CCOO)2 has been studied in the temperature range 77 K to room temperature. The results were discussed on the basis of NQR relaxation theory.

scholarly journals Effect of Temperature, Pressure, and Chemical Composition on the Electrical Conductivity of Schist: Implications for Electrical Structures under the Tibetan Plateau

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenqing Sun ◽  
Lidong Dai ◽  
Heping Li ◽  
Haiying Hu ◽  
Changcai Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
High Conductivity ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Electrical Conductivities ◽  
Conductivity Anomalies ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature

The experimental study on the electrical conductivities of schists with various contents of alkali ions (CA = K2O + Na2O = 3.94, 5.17, and 5.78 wt.%) were performed at high temperatures (623–1073 K) and high pressures (0.5–2.5 GPa). Experimental results indicated that the conductivities of schist markedly increased with the rise of temperature. Pressure influence on the conductivities of schist was extremely weak at the entire range of experimental temperatures. Alkali ion content has a significant influence on the conductivities of the schist samples in a lower temperature range (623–773 K), and the influence gradually decreases with increasing temperature in a higher temperature range (823–1073 K). In addition, the activation enthalpies for the conductivities of three schist samples were fitted as being 44.16–61.44 kJ/mol. Based on the activation enthalpies and previous studies, impurity alkaline ions (K+ and Na+) were proposed as the charge carriers of schist. Furthermore, electrical conductivities of schist (10−3.5–10−1.5 S/m) were lower than those of high-conductivity layers under the Tibetan Plateau (10−1–100 S/m). It was implied that the presence of schist cannot cause the high-conductivity anomalies in the middle to lower crust beneath the Tibetan Plateau.

Partitioning of material discarded from Prawn Trawlers in Morton Bay

1990 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
TJ Wassenberg ◽  
BJ Hill
Keyword(s):  
Water Column ◽  
Tursiops Truncatus ◽  
Portunus Pelagicus ◽  
Moreton Bay

Prawn trawlers in Moreton Bay, Queensland, discard about 3000 t of material each year. About 3% floats, and the rest sinks. The floating component is almost entirely fish. At night, floating discards are eaten by silver gulls (Larus novaehollandiae), crested terns (Sterna bergii) and, to a lesser extent, dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). There is little trawling during the day but the last discards are dumped overboard around dawn. At this time cormorants (Phalacrocorax varius) join the scavengers. Birds and dolphins scavenged only fish and cephalopods, and not crustaceans nor echinoderms. Birds are selective as to the size of fish they will eat, but most of the whole fish in the discards are below 50 g, and the largest fish that crested terns ate was 100 g. Dolphins are capable of taking the largest of the discarded fish. Most of the material that sinks is crustaceans (54%) and echinoderms (18%); the rest is elasmo- branchs and rubble. At night, about half of the fish that sink are eaten by diving birds and by dolphins. There was no indication of mid-water scavenging of sinking discards, except for cormorants and dolphins in the upper water column. Approximately 11% of the discards that reach the bottom comprise fish and crustaceans, which are eaten by crabs (Portunus pelagicus) and fish. The remainder- chiefly crabs, echinoderms and elasmobranchs-reach the bottom alive. Altogether, about 20% of discards are eaten by surface and bottom scavengers. Discards are probably important in maintaining populations of the major scavengers.

Effect of temperature on damage mechanisms and mechanical behaviour of an acrylic-thermoplastic-matrix and glass-fibre-reinforced composite

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (27) ◽  
pp. 4269-4282
Author(s):  
E Boissin ◽  
C Bois ◽  
J-C Wahl ◽  
T Palin-Luc
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Polymer Matrix ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Polymer Matrix Composites ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
Service Temperature ◽  
Damage Mechanisms ◽  
Temperature Range

The mechanical response of polymer matrix composites exhibits a temperature dependency even if the service temperature range is lower than the glass transition temperature of the polymer matrix. This dependency is mainly due to the temperature effect on the mechanical behaviour of the polymer matrix. However, the micro- and meso-structures driving the composite anisotropy and local stress distribution play an essential role regarding the effect of temperature on damage mechanisms specific to reinforced polymers. There are few data in the literature on the sensitivity to temperature of damage mechanisms and scenarios of polymer matrix composites regardless of loading type. In this paper, after a synthetic literature review of the effect of temperature on polymers and polymer composites, several complementary tests are proposed to analyse the temperature effect on damage mechanisms undergone by laminated composites under in-plane quasi static loadings. These tests are applied to an acrylic-thermoplastic composite reinforced by glass fibres in its service temperature range of –20℃ to 60℃. The results show that the testing temperature has a significant impact on the mechanical response and damage mechanisms of the composite material in the selected temperature range, which is markedly lower than the glass transition temperature (around 100℃). While the temperature rise generates a gradual decrease in matrix stiffness and strength, the increase in matrix ductility associated to the stress heterogeneity in the composite microstructure produces a rise in the transverse cracking threshold and removes this damage mode during quasi-static tensile tests when the temperature shifts from 15℃ to 40℃.

Evaluation of anchor tags for marking the commercial sand crab, Portunus pelagicus (L.) (Portunidae : Decapoda)

1986 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 707 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Williams
Keyword(s):  
Population Studies ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Portunus Pelagicus ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Return Rates ◽  
Moreton Bay ◽  
Short Term Survival

Laboratory and field trials of a modified Floy FD67 anchor tag were conducted on P. pelagicus in Moreton Bay, Queensland. The tags did not affect short-term survival of the crabs in the laboratory. Only 470 of 1754 crabs tagged and released in the field were returned. Return rates of crabs by size, sex, and area of tagging class were markedly heterogeneous. Poor visibility of the tags on recapture, regardless of their colour, makes this tag unsuitable for any quantitative population studies. Poor return rates were exacerbated by fishermen not examining categories of crabs that are unmarketable.

THERMAL STUDIES ON ASBESTOS: I. EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND TIME OF HEATING ON LOSS IN WEIGHT AND RESORPTION OF MOISTURE

1941 ◽  
Vol 19b (2) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
D. Wolochow ◽  
W. Harold White
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Method ◽  
Thermal Studies ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Chrysotile Asbestos ◽  
Prolonged Heating ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Free Moisture

Heating a chrysotile asbestos mill fibre has shown that in the approximate temperature range of 500 to 700 °C. the loss in weight depends on both the time and temperature. At other temperatures the loss is practically independent of the time.Prolonged heating at about 490 °C. expelled about 25%, and at 510 °C. about 50%, of the combined water. Complete dehydration occurred on prolonged heating at about 580 °C., but only above 700 °C. was the loss in weight rapid.On the basis of the data obtained on the resorption of moisture it is suggested that heating for half an hour at 215 °C. would be a more accurate and rapid method for determining free moisture than that commonly employed.

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