Metabolic rate of spiders (Pardosa prativage) feed on prey species of different diet quality measured by colorimetry

Søren Achim Nielsen, Bjarke Kynde, Peter Westh

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    Abstract

    The metabolic rate was measured in the wolf spider Pardosa prativaga after preying different species of aphids, collembolans and fruit flies raised on common commercial medium. The activity of detoxification enzyme systems Glutathione S-Transferase (GST), Glutathione Peroxidase (GSTpx) was investigated for spiders preying the different species. The heat production of starved P. prativaga was ca. 1.5 mW per mg fresh weight. For specimens feed on fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) the heat production was appreciable higher whereas feed on the aphids Sitobion avenae and Rhopalosiphum padi the heat production was on the same level or lower than in the staved spiders. The variation of the observed metabolic changes was in concordance with the variations in enzyme activities.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    Publikationsdato2005
    Antal sider1
    StatusUdgivet - 2005
    BegivenhedThe First International Symposium on the Environmental Physiology of Ectotherms and Plants - Roskilde, Danmark
    Varighed: 7 maj 20167 maj 2016
    Konferencens nummer: 1

    Konference

    KonferenceThe First International Symposium on the Environmental Physiology of Ectotherms and Plants
    Nummer1
    Land/OmrådeDanmark
    ByRoskilde
    Periode07/05/201607/05/2016

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