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Journal of Experimental Biology 107,129-140 (1983)
Published by Company of Biologists 1983

Haemolymph Concentration and Apparentpermeability in Varying Salinityconditions of Gammarus Duebeni, Chaetogammarus Marinus and Gammarus Locusta

STEPHEN R. BOLT ¹

¹ School of Animal Biology, University College of North Wales, Present address: Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW

Haemolymph and external medium sodium concentrations have been investigated in three euryhaline amphipods, Gammarus duebeni (Lilljeborg), Chaetogammarus marinus (Leach) and Gammarus locusta (Linnaeus). These were subjected to various salinity regimes, including sudden and cycling salinity changes. The apparent permeability to water of these three species was investigated in various salinity regimes using THO as amarker. Of the three species, only G. duebeni demonstrated large and significant changes in apparent permeability to water. The bulk flow into and out of the animals was calculated showing a variation of responses in the three species, G. duebeni exhibiting the smallest bulk flow and G. locusta the largest. These results were related to the ecology of the three species.