scholarly journals Circadian and Circatidal Rhythms of Protein Abundance in the Intertidal Mussel Mytilus californianus

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cory Elowe
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Californianus ◽  
Protein Abundance ◽  
Intertidal Mussel

scholarly journals Circadian cycles are the dominant transcriptional rhythm in the intertidal mussel Mytilus californianus

2011 ◽  
Vol 108 (38) ◽  
pp. 16110-16115 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Connor ◽  
A. Y. Gracey
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Californianus ◽  
Intertidal Mussel

Acclimation to elevated emersion temperature has no effect on susceptibility to acute, heat-induced lipid peroxidation in an intertidal mussel (Mytilus californianus)

2016 ◽  
Vol 163 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Gabriela Jimenez ◽  
Shaina Alves ◽  
Jeremiah Dallmer ◽  
Edward Njoo ◽  
Selina Roa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Mytilus Californianus ◽  
Intertidal Mussel

scholarly journals Functions of Height and Width Dimensions in the Intertidal Mussel, Mytilus californianus

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan N. Blythe ◽  
David W. Lea
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Californianus ◽  
Intertidal Mussel

In situ uptake of mercury by the intertidal mussel, Mytilus californianus

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 214-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Eganhouse ◽  
David R. Young
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Californianus ◽  
Intertidal Mussel

scholarly journals Seasonal-, tidal-cycle- and microhabitat-related variation in membrane order of phospholipid vesicles from gills of the intertidal mussel Mytilus californianus

1996 ◽  
Vol 199 (7) ◽  
pp. 1587-1596 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Williams ◽  
G Somero
Keyword(s):  
Tidal Cycle ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Thermal Fluctuations ◽  
Phospholipid Vesicles ◽  
Mytilus Californianus ◽  
Homeoviscous Adaptation ◽  
Membrane Order ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Intertidal Mussel ◽  
Do So

Alterations in the order, or fluidity, of cellular membranes in response to variations in environmental temperature are well known. The mussel Mytilus californianus, a common inhabitant of mid-intertidal regions along the Pacific coast of North America, can experience large (20 °C or more) and cyclic (every 6 h) changes in body temperature (Tb ) during tidal cycles. In the present study, we explore membrane order during seasonal and tidal temperature cycles and find that vesicles prepared from gill phospholipids exhibit significant seasonal differences in order that are consistent with homeoviscous adaptation and suggest winter-acclimatization to mean Tb values and summer-acclimatization to upper extreme Tb values or to large cyclic thermal fluctuations, despite repeated resubmergence in sea water at 10 °C during both seasons. Phospholipid vesicles prepared from the gills of mussels acclimated for 6 weeks to constant high or low temperatures in the laboratory fail to exhibit temperature-compensatory differences in order. In addition, during the summer, mussels inhabiting high intertidal sites, but not those from low sites, possess the ability to alter membrane order rapidly (within hours). This alteration of order appears to represent a mechanism designed to offset the thermal variations encountered during the tidal cycle. Thus, M. californianus have the ability to adjust membrane order on seasonal as well as hourly time scales and do so on the basis of their height in the intertidal region.

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