Blood Function in the Hydrothermal Vent Vestimentiferan Tube Worm
- 17 July 1981
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4505) , 342-344
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.213.4505.342
Abstract
Extracellular hemoglobin in the whole blood of Riftia pachyptila has a high oxygen affinity (P50 = 1.8 millimeters of mercury at 3°C), a moderate decrease in oxygen affinity at higher temperatures (P50 = 2.7 millimeters of mercury at 14°C), a small effect of carbon dioxide on oxygen affinity (Δ log P50/Δ pH =–0.12), and a high oxygen carrying capacity (up to 11 milliliters of oxygen per 100 milliliters of blood). These characteristics are compatible with the high oxygen demand of chemoautotrophic metabolism in the variable vent environment.Keywords
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