Freezing tolerance in Balanus balanoides

Changes in extreme cold tolerance, membrane composition and cardiac transcriptome during the first day of thermal acclimation in the porcelain crabPetrolisthes cinctipes

“…This limited cold tolerance is likely sufficient to tolerate the brief sub-zero temperatures experienced during wintertime low tides (Stillman and Tagmount, 2009), but is in contrast to reports of freeze tolerance in a range of other intertidal invertebrates, including tidepool copepods (McAllen and Block, 1997), barnacles (Crisp et al, 1977), bivalves (Compton et al, 2007;Williams, 1970) and gastropods (Hawes et al, 2010;Sinclair et al, 2004). Freeze tolerance has not been demonstrated in any species of crab, and the lack of freeze tolerance of P. cinctipes may impact the northern distribution limit of this species.…”

Changes in extreme cold tolerance, membrane composition and cardiac transcriptome during the first day of thermal acclimation in the porcelain crabPetrolisthes cinctipes

“…This limited cold tolerance is likely sufficient to tolerate the brief sub-zero temperatures experienced during wintertime low tides (Stillman and Tagmount, 2009), but is in contrast to reports of freeze tolerance in a range of other intertidal invertebrates, including tidepool copepods (McAllen and Block, 1997), barnacles (Crisp et al, 1977), bivalves (Compton et al, 2007;Williams, 1970) and gastropods (Hawes et al, 2010;Sinclair et al, 2004). Freeze tolerance has not been demonstrated in any species of crab, and the lack of freeze tolerance of P. cinctipes may impact the northern distribution limit of this species.…”

Transcriptional dynamics following freezing stress reveal selection for mechanisms of freeze tolerance at the poleward range margin in the cold water intertidal barnacle Semibalanus balanoides

“…Late-stage larvae (cyprids) of S. balanoides have even been found embedded in ice during winter, and successfully settle and metamorphose after spring thaw (Pineda, DiBacco, & Starczak, 2005). Barnacles do not appear to use polyol cryoprotectants for their freeze tolerance, but little is known about the mechanisms of their freeze tolerance (Cook & Gabott, 1970; D.J. Crisp, Davenport, & Gabbott, 1977).…”

Coping with Thermal Challenges: Physiological Adaptations to Environmental Temperatures

“…Freeze tolerance has been investigated in the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (formerly Balanus balanoides ), which ranges from temperate shores to the high arctic in the North Atlantic and Pacific (334). S. balanoides is freeze tolerant in the winter, surviving the conversion of more than 80% of its body water into ice at temperatures of −18°C (126). This species has strong seasonal cycles in cold tolerance, with freeze tolerance in the winter accompanied by a slight accumulation of glycerol (in the millimolar range; reference (99)) and a decrease in saturation of membrane fatty acids (552).…”

Changes in extreme cold tolerance, membrane composition and cardiac transcriptome during the first day of thermal acclimation in the porcelain crabPetrolisthes cinctipes

“…This limited cold tolerance is likely sufficient to tolerate the brief sub-zero temperatures experienced during wintertime low tides (Stillman and Tagmount, 2009), but is in contrast to reports of freeze tolerance in a range of other intertidal invertebrates, including tidepool copepods (McAllen and Block, 1997), barnacles (Crisp et al, 1977), bivalves (Compton et al, 2007;Williams, 1970) and gastropods (Hawes et al, 2010;Sinclair et al, 2004). Freeze tolerance has not been demonstrated in any species of crab, and the lack of freeze tolerance of P. cinctipes may impact the northern distribution limit of this species.…”

Transcriptional dynamics following freezing stress reveal selection for mechanisms of freeze tolerance at the poleward range margin in the cold water intertidal barnacle Semibalanus balanoides

“…Late-stage larvae (cyprids) of S. balanoides have even been found embedded in ice during winter, and successfully settle and metamorphose after spring thaw (Pineda, DiBacco, & Starczak, 2005). Barnacles do not appear to use polyol cryoprotectants for their freeze tolerance, but little is known about the mechanisms of their freeze tolerance (Cook & Gabott, 1970; D.J. Crisp, Davenport, & Gabbott, 1977).…”

Coping with Thermal Challenges: Physiological Adaptations to Environmental Temperatures

“…Freeze tolerance has been investigated in the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (formerly Balanus balanoides ), which ranges from temperate shores to the high arctic in the North Atlantic and Pacific (334). S. balanoides is freeze tolerant in the winter, surviving the conversion of more than 80% of its body water into ice at temperatures of −18°C (126). This species has strong seasonal cycles in cold tolerance, with freeze tolerance in the winter accompanied by a slight accumulation of glycerol (in the millimolar range; reference (99)) and a decrease in saturation of membrane fatty acids (552).…”

Changes in extreme cold tolerance, membrane composition and cardiac transcriptome during the first day of thermal acclimation in the porcelain crabPetrolisthes cinctipes

“…This limited cold tolerance is likely sufficient to tolerate the brief sub-zero temperatures experienced during wintertime low tides (Stillman and Tagmount, 2009), but is in contrast to reports of freeze tolerance in a range of other intertidal invertebrates, including tidepool copepods (McAllen and Block, 1997), barnacles (Crisp et al, 1977), bivalves (Compton et al, 2007;Williams, 1970) and gastropods (Hawes et al, 2010;Sinclair et al, 2004). Freeze tolerance has not been demonstrated in any species of crab, and the lack of freeze tolerance of P. cinctipes may impact the northern distribution limit of this species.…”

Transcriptional dynamics following freezing stress reveal selection for mechanisms of freeze tolerance at the poleward range margin in the cold water intertidal barnacle Semibalanus balanoides

“…Late-stage larvae (cyprids) of S. balanoides have even been found embedded in ice during winter, and successfully settle and metamorphose after spring thaw (Pineda, DiBacco, & Starczak, 2005). Barnacles do not appear to use polyol cryoprotectants for their freeze tolerance, but little is known about the mechanisms of their freeze tolerance (Cook & Gabott, 1970; D.J. Crisp, Davenport, & Gabbott, 1977).…”

Coping with Thermal Challenges: Physiological Adaptations to Environmental Temperatures

“…Freeze tolerance has been investigated in the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (formerly Balanus balanoides ), which ranges from temperate shores to the high arctic in the North Atlantic and Pacific (334). S. balanoides is freeze tolerant in the winter, surviving the conversion of more than 80% of its body water into ice at temperatures of −18°C (126). This species has strong seasonal cycles in cold tolerance, with freeze tolerance in the winter accompanied by a slight accumulation of glycerol (in the millimolar range; reference (99)) and a decrease in saturation of membrane fatty acids (552).…”