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Thermal acclimation induced compensation in biochemical constituents of the Indian freshwater leech, Poecilobdella viridis (Blanchard)

✍ Scribed by G. K. Kulkarni; R. Nagabhushanam

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1978
Tongue: English
Weight: 322 KB
Volume: 58
Category: Article
ISSN: 1573-5141
DOI: 10.1007/bf00018888

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✦ Synopsis

Poecilobdella viridis was used to study the variations in the biochemical parameters : body protein, glycogen and water, following warm ( 32.0° ± 0.5°C) and cold (10 .0°± o .5°C) acclimation for 5, 10, 15 and 3o days . The percentage of glycogen decreased significantly (p < 0.05) during both warm and cold acclimation whereas the protein percentage increased significantly (p < 0.05) . The percentage of water was significantly (p < 0.05) . reduced during both acclimation processes . Ecophysiological significance of these alterations to leeches, in counteracting the ambient thermal fluxes, has been briefly discussed.

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