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Natura Croatica Broj izdanja: Natura Croatica, Vol. 21 Suppl.1

Metabolic evolution of subterranean diving beetles from the calcretes of Western Australia

Autori: Renée E. Bishop, William Humphreys, Steve Cooper

Autori i afilijacije

  • Renée E. Bishop Penn State University, 120 Ridge View Drive, Dunmore, PA
  • William Humphreys Western Australian Museum, Collections and Research Centre, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, WA 6986, Australia; School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6907, Australia
  • Steve Cooper Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

Subterranean estuaries formed within carbonate deposits in the paleodrainage systems of Western Australia are habitats for an great diversity of stygiobitic beetles, some of which are sympatric sister species. This study examines the metabolism of stygiobiont beetles using respiration and key metabolic enzymes to determine whether sympatric sister species differ in energy allocation and respiration.

Sažetak

Subterranean estuaries formed within carbonate deposits in the paleodrainage systems of Western Australia are habitats for an great diversity of stygiobitic beetles, some of which are sympatric sister species. This study examines the metabolism of stygiobiont beetles using respiration and key metabolic enzymes to determine whether sympatric sister species differ in energy allocation and respiration.

Ključne riječi

Dystictidae; calcretes; metabolism; lactate dehydrogenase; citrate synthase

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