ABSTRACT Rates of oxygen consumption in seawater standardized for size (mass or body length) were compared for a representative supralittoral, wrack generalist talitrid – Platorchestia platensis and a representative driftwood, specialist talitrid – Macarorchestia remyi. Oxygen consumption in seawater was significantly less in M. remyi. This confirms the view that a reduced standard metabolic rate, and consequent reduction in growth rate and final size achieved, was an important physiological mechanism involved in dwarfism and adaptation to driftwood in M. remyi. Reduced standard metabolic rate in driftwood specialist talitrids is contrary to the metabolic theory of ecology.

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比较浮木和沉船通才 talitrid 片脚类动物的摄氧率

摘要 比较了具有代表性的 supralittoral、wrack 通才 talitrid – Platorchestia platensis 和具有代表性的浮木、专家 talitrid – Macarorchestia remyi 的大小（质量或体长）标准化的海水中的氧气消耗率。M. remyi 海水中的耗氧量显着减少。这证实了这样一种观点，即标准代谢率降低，以及随之而来的生长速度和最终尺寸的降低，是一种重要的生理机制，涉及 M. remyi 的侏儒症和对浮木的适应。浮木专家 talitrids 降低的标准代谢率与生态学的代谢理论相反。