RUcore: Rutgers University Community Repository
Compensatory partitioning of physiological resource budgets by the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) in association with contaminants encountered in a marsh creek system
Descriptive
TypeOfResource
Text
TitleInfo
(ID = T-1)
Title
Compensatory partitioning of physiological resource budgets by the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) in association with contaminants encountered in a marsh creek system
Identifier
ETD_1548
Identifier
(type = hdl)
http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.2/rucore10001600001.ETD.000051410
Language
LanguageTerm
(authority = ISO639-2);
(type = code)
eng
Genre
(authority = marcgt)
theses
Subject
(ID = SBJ-1);
(authority = RUETD)
Topic
Ecology and Evolution
Subject
(ID = SBJ-1);
(authority = ETD-LCSH)
Topic
Estuarine animals--Physiology
Subject
(ID = SBJ-1);
(authority = ETD-LCSH)
Topic
Palaemonetes
Subject
(ID = SBJ-1);
(authority = ETD-LCSH)
Topic
Shrimps--Effect of water pollution on
Abstract
Resource budgets of the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) were examined for the effects of a highly contaminated field site. Physiological metrics of resource allocation were compared to those of shrimp from a more pristine location. Oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and energy use were compared in shrimp caught from the two sites. The physiological budgets for carbon, nitrogen and energy were examined for evidence of the compensatory partitioning of resources that would allow shrimp from the polluted field site to maintain allocation to growth and reproduction despite contact with a wide variety of contaminants. All components of the budget were measured directly instead of the traditional indirect estimates of production and reproduction. Evidence for compensatory partitioning of resources by grass shrimp at the contaminated field site was found. Ovigerous shrimp from the contaminated site increased reproductive allocation relative to ovigerous shrimp from the clean reference site. Ovigerous shrimp from the two sites had similar rates of resource acquisition through consumption, but ovigerous shrimp from the contaminated site at Piles Creek had lowed allocation to respiration and ammonia excretion. This allowed them to allocate surplus resources to reproduction. Intermolt shrimp from Piles Creek conversely had reduced consumption and increased respiration in comparison to intermolt shrimp from the clean reference site near Tuckerton. Despite reduced resource acquisition through consumption and increased respiratory costs, these shrimp were able to maintain growth rates similar to those of intermolt shrimp from Tuckerton.
PhysicalDescription
Form
(authority = gmd)
electronic resource
Extent
xii, 182 p. : ill.
InternetMediaType
application/pdf
InternetMediaType
text/xml
Note
(type = degree)
Ph.D.
Note
(type = bibliography)
Includes bibliographical references (165-180)
Note
(type = statement of responsibility)
by Joseph Stout
Name
(ID = NAME-1);
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Stout
NamePart
(type = given)
Joseph
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
author
DisplayForm
Joseph Stout
Name
(ID = NAME-2);
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Taghon
NamePart
(type = given)
Gary
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
chair
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
DisplayForm
Gary Taghon
Name
(ID = NAME-3);
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Weis
NamePart
(type = given)
Judith
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
internal member
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
DisplayForm
Judith Weis
Name
(ID = NAME-4);
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
John Alder
NamePart
(type = given)
Henry
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
internal member
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
DisplayForm
Henry John Alder
Name
(ID = NAME-5);
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Draxler
NamePart
(type = given)
Andrew
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
outside member
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
DisplayForm
Andrew Draxler
Name
(ID = NAME-1);
(type = corporate)
NamePart
Rutgers University
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
degree grantor
Name
(ID = NAME-2);
(type = corporate)
NamePart
Graduate School - New Brunswick
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
school
OriginInfo
DateCreated
(point = );
(qualifier = exact)
2009
DateOther
(qualifier = exact);
(type = degree)
2009-05
Place
PlaceTerm
(type = code)
xx
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
(type = RULIB)
ETD
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
(type = local)
rucore19991600001
Location
PhysicalLocation
(authority = marcorg);
(displayLabel = Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
NjNbRU
Identifier
(type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T3RF5V6B
Genre
(authority = ExL-Esploro)
ETD doctoral
Back to the top
Rights
RightsDeclaration
(AUTHORITY = GS);
(ID = rulibRdec0006)
The author owns the copyright to this work.
Copyright
Status
Copyright protected
Availability
Status
Open
RightsEvent
(AUTHORITY = rulib);
(ID = 1)
Type
Permission or license
Detail
Non-exclusive ETD license
AssociatedObject
(AUTHORITY = rulib);
(ID = 1)
Type
License
Name
Author Agreement License
Detail
I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
Back to the top
Technical
ContentModel
ETD
MimeType
(TYPE = file)
application/pdf
MimeType
(TYPE = container)
application/x-tar
FileSize
(UNIT = bytes)
778240
Checksum
(METHOD = SHA1)
38ab02646f85412f4f7fd99858e857b4d66651a6
Back to the top
Statistical Profile