Is metabolic rate depression (MRD) a life prolonging strategy in long-lived Arctica islandica on a latitudinal climate gradient? Environmental constraints and evolutionary adaptation in the Ocean quahog

• Applicants: Privatdozentin Dr. Doris Abele (†); Professor Dr. Ralf Dringen
• Subject Area: Animal Physiology and Biochemistry
• Term: from 2007 to 2012
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 44089445

• Final Report Year: 2011

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Publications

• (2007). Nitric oxide, a signalling molecule in self-induced metabolic rate depression of the long-lived bivalve Arctica islandica? International Workshop of the Physiological Society, 19-23 September.Yaremche, Ukraine
  Strahl J, Dringen R, Philipp E, Abele D
  
• (2007). Physiological aging in the Icelandic population of the ocean quahog Arctica islandica. Aquatic Biology 1: 77- 83
  Strahl J, Philipp E, Brey T, Broeg K, Abele D
  
• (2008). Gewebespezifische Proliferations-Raten und Apoptose-Intensitäten in langlebigen Islandmuscheln (> 100 Jahre). 14. Workshop: Mechanismen der Zell- und Gewebeschädigung, 27-29 November. Xanten, Germany
  Strahl J, Abele D
  
• (2008). Imperceptible senescence: Ageing in the ocean quahog Arctica islandica-. Free Radical Research 42(5): 474-480
  Abele D, Strahl J, Brey T, Philipp E
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10715760802108849)
• (2009). A metabolic model for the ocean quahog Arctica islandica - effects of animal mass and age, temperature, salinity and geography on respiration rate. Journal of Shellfish Research, 28(3), 533-539
  Begum S, Basova L, Strahl J, Sukhotin A, Heilmayer O, Philipp E, Brey T, Abele D
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.028.0315)
• (2009). Bivalve models of aging and the determination of molluscan lifespans. Review - Experimental Gerontology 44: 307- 315
  Abele, D., Brey, T., Philipp, E.
  
• (2009). Proliferation rates and apoptosis intensities in short- and long-lived marine bivalves. International Congress of Respiratory Science 2009, 9-13 August. Bonn, Germany
  Strahl J, Abele D
  
• (2010). Cell turnover in tissues of the long-lived ocean quahog Arctica islandica and the short-lived scallop Aequipecten opercularis. Marine Biology
  Strahl J, Abele D
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1408-6)
• (2010). From bivalves to birds: Oxidative stress and longevity. Functional Ecology, 24(5), 971-983
  Buttemer, W.A., Abele, D., Costantini, D.
  
• (2010). Mantle cavity water oxygen partial pressure (pO2) in marine molluscs aligns with lifestyle. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67, 977-986
  Abele D, Kruppe M, Philipp EER, Brey T
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1139/F10-035)
• (2010). Masters of longevity? Lessons from long lived Bivalves. Review - Gerontology, 56, 55-65
  Philipp, E., Abele, D.
  
• (2010). Metabolic rate depression: a key to longevity in the ocean quahog Arctica islandica. Physiomar 10 - International meeting in mollusk physiology, 31 October – 4 November. Quebec City, Canada
  Strahl J, Dringen R, Philipp EER, Thorarinsdottir G, Hardenberg S, Fischer N, Abele D
  
• (2011). Aging in Marine Animals. In: Abele, D, Zenteno-Savin, T, Vasques Medina, J. P. (Eds.) „Oxidative Stress in Marine Systems“, Blackwell-Wiley, New York, London, October 2011
  Philipp, EER, Strahl, J, Sukhotin, A
  
• (2011). Life strategies of the long-lived bivalve Arctica islandica on a latitudinal climate gradient – Environmental constraints and evolutionary adaptations. Dissertation Universität Bremen, März 2011, 1-198
  Strahl, J.
  
• (2011). Metabolic and physiological responses in tissues of the long-lived bivalve Arctica islandica to oxygen deficiency. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 158A, 513-519
  Strahl J, Dringen R, Schmidt MM, Hardenberg S, Abele D
  
• (2011). Physiological responses to self-induced burrowing and metabolic rate depression in the ocean quahog Arctica islandica. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214: 4221- 4231
  Strahl J, Brey T, Philipp EER, Thorarinsdottir G, Fischer N, Abele D
  
• (2011). Principles of oxygen uptake and tissue oxygenation in water-breathing animals. In: Abele, D, Zenteno-Savin, T, Vasques Medina, J. P. (Eds.) „Oxidative Stress in Marine Systems“, Blackwell-Wiley, New York, London, October 2011
  Massabuau, JC, Abele D