Kurzfassung
Die vertikale Zonierung verschiedener benthonischer Tiere, die in halbgeschlossenen Buchten des Japanischen Meeres untersucht wurden, weicht von den im gleichen Gebiet an Inseln und Steilabhängen festgestellten Tiefenverbreitungen ab. Diese Unterschiede können von der Art des Substrats, der Gezeitenwirkung, den Strömungsverhältnissen und insbesondere von den Temperaturbedingungen abhängen. Ein experimenteller Vergleich der zellulären Hitzeresistenz von Cilienepithelien verschiedener Muschel- und Ascidien-Arten und deren Vertikalverbreitung konnte vor allem den Einfluß der Temperatur deutlich machen. Es wird die Schlußfolgerung gezogen, daß artspezifische Anpassungen an die Umgebungstemperatur, die offensichtlich auf Unterschieden in der Proteinstruktur beruhen, die Vertikalverbreitung von Bodentieren entscheidend mitbestimmen.
Summary
1. Investigations on 15 mass species of bottom animals (Bivalvia, Gastropoda, Asteroidea, Ascidia), performed by means of aqualungs in semi-enclosed bays of the Possyet Bay (Peter the Great Bay of the Japan Sea), have revealed a clear zonality in their vertical distribution. This finding is in contrast to the situation found near islands and capes of Peter the Great Bay, where species distributions are weakly connected with depth, but to a considerable degree determined by the nature of substrate, degree of tides and presence of predators.
2. These differences may be explained by differences in summer temperature conditions, considerable decrease of the temperature gradient with increase of depth in semi-enclosed bays, insignificant surface temperature differences and, in depths of about 20–30 m, by intensive water mixing near islands and capes.
3. Comparison of the vertical distribution of species from the Possyet Bay with their cellular heat resistance (species-specific feature, used for characterizing genetic heat adaptation) reveals conformity between these indices.
4. These results and literature data suggest that the differences in vertical distribution of the bottom invertebrates living in coastal waters are the result of the species-specific adaptation of their cells to environmental temperature; differences in protein structure of different animals are considered to provide the basis of this phenomenon.
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Zhirmunsky, A.V. Vertical distribution and cellular heat resistance of bottom animals from the Possyet Bay (Japan Sea). Helgolander Wiss. Meeresunters 24, 247–255 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01609515
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