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ArticlePloS one2014

Influence of molting and starvation on digestive enzyme activities and energy storage in Gammarus fossarum.

Laetitia Charron, Olivier Geffard, Arnaud Chaumot, Romain Coulaud, Ali Jaffal, Véronique Gaillet, Odile Dedourge-Geffard, Alain Geffard

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laetitia CharronUniversité Reims Champagne Ardenne, Unité Interactions Animal-Environnement, Reims, France.
Olivier GeffardInstitut national de Recherche en sciences technologiques pour l'environnement et l'agriculture, Unité de Recherche Milieux Aquatiques, Ecologie et Pollutions (MAEP), Villeurbanne, France.
Arnaud ChaumotInstitut national de Recherche en sciences technologiques pour l'environnement et l'agriculture, Unité de Recherche Milieux Aquatiques, Ecologie et Pollutions (MAEP), Villeurbanne, France.
Romain CoulaudInstitut national de Recherche en sciences technologiques pour l'environnement et l'agriculture, Unité de Recherche Milieux Aquatiques, Ecologie et Pollutions (MAEP), Villeurbanne, France.
Ali JaffalUniversité Reims Champagne Ardenne, Unité Interactions Animal-Environnement, Reims, France.
Véronique GailletUniversité Reims Champagne Ardenne, Unité Interactions Animal-Environnement, Reims, France.
Odile Dedourge-GeffardUniversité Reims Champagne Ardenne, Unité Interactions Animal-Environnement, Reims, France.
Alain GeffardUniversité Reims Champagne Ardenne, Unité Interactions Animal-Environnement, Reims, France.
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne · FRStress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des Milieux Aquatiques · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among the many biological responses studied in ecotoxicology, energy-based biomarkers such as digestive enzyme activities and energy reserves appear to be useful predictive tools for detecting physiological disturbances in organisms. However, the use of these biological responses as biomarkers could be limited by the effects of confounding factors (biotic and abiotic) and physiological processes, such as the reproductive cycle. Thus, the optimal use of these biomarkers will be facilitated by understanding the effects of these factors on the energy metabolism of the sentinel species being studied. We considered abiotic factors (temperature and conductivity) in a previous study, whereas the present study investigated the effects of gender, the female reproductive stage, and food availability on the digestive enzyme activities and energy storage of Gammarus fossarum. The results indicated that, during the female reproductive cycle, the activities of digestive enzymes (amylase, cellulase, and trypsin) decreased significantly, whereas the levels of reserves (proteins, lipids, and sugar) increased until the last premolt stage. Restricted food diets only led to decreased amylase activities in both sexes. Food starvation also induced a decrease in the energy outcomes in females, whereas there were no effects in males. In general, the biochemical (digestive enzyme activities) and physiological (energy reserves) responses were more stable in males than in females. These results support the use of males fed ad libitum to limit the effects of confounding factors when using these energy biomarkers in Gammarus fossarum during biomonitoring programs.

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MoltingAmphipodaAmylasesAnimalsArthropod ProteinsCellulaseDigestive SystemEatingEnergy MetabolismEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleMaleReproductionTrypsinAmylasesArthropod ProteinsCellulaseTrypsin

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PMID24788197
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