Larval Responses to Environmental Ethanol in Three Drosophila Species: an Indicator of Habitat Selection.

Parsons, P. A.; Spence, G. E.

doi:10.1071/zo9800543

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“…In addition, reports on the behavioural reactions to ethanol by these latter two species have indicated very variable and inconsistent responses (see e.g. Parsons 1979Parsons , 1981Parsons and Spence 1980;Marks et al 1980).…”

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Resource Partitioning in Five Domestic Drosophila Species and Its Relationship to Ethanol Metabolism.

Oakeshott¹,

May²,

Gibson³

et al. 1982

Aust. J. Zool.

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The distributions of five Drosophila species living in the vicinity of a domestic compost heap in Canberra (Australia) have been compared across traps baited with different fruits and vegetables. In both the adults trapped directly on the baits and those emerging from eggs laid on the baits, D, busckii made up about 2% of the sample, D. hydei about 1% and D. immigrans 7%. The overall frequency of D. simulans was 80% in the trapped adults but 53% in emergences, while D , melanogaster represented 9% of trapped adults and 37% of emergences. In both types of collection the frequency of D. busckii relative to the other species was highest on vegetables, the relative frequencies of D. hydei and D. immigrans were highest on melons, and the relative frequencies of D. simulans and D , melanogaster were highest on fruits. Overall the relationship between the frequency of each species and the ethanol contents of the baits was significant and negative for D. busckii and D. immigrans, non-significant and negative for D. hydei, non-significant and positive for D. simulans, and significant and positive for D. melanogaster. These differences were correlated with differences between the species in alcohol dehydrogenase activity.

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Resource Partitioning in Five Domestic Drosophila Species and Its Relationship to Ethanol Metabolism.

Oakeshott¹,

May²,

Gibson³

et al. 1982

Aust. J. Zool.

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“…Semi species, sibling species, species groups and other related Drosophila taxa have frequently been used to study similarities and differences of phenotypes at various levels of biological organization including biochemistry, cytology, morphology, behavior, and numerous phys-iological responses (Spieth, 1952;Stone et al, 1960;Wasserman, 1960;Throckmorton, 1962;Brown, 1965;Hubby and Throckmorton, 1968;Richmond, 1972;Zouros, 1973;Parsons and Spence, 1980). These investigations have revealed a pattern in which phenotypic similarities and differences correspond to phylogenetic similarities and differences.…”

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Grossfield

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“…Drosophila strains adapted to feed on fermenting organic matter are attracted to fruit with high ethanol and acetic acid concentrations and thrive in ethanol concentrations as high as 7 % by using it as an energy source (Fry, 2001;Eisses and Boer, 1995;David and Van Herrewege 1983;Parsons and Spence, 1980 in 2 days (David and Van Herrewege, 1983). In Drosophila, ethanol tolerance is positively correlated with increased exposure over a lifespan or successive generations (Scholz et al, 2000;Pecsenye et al, 1997).…”

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Biological Treatment of Leachates of Microaerobic Fermentation

Alattar

2000

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Microaerobic fermentation (MF) is a process of controlled degradation of organic waste material that occurs in enclosed fermentors under micro-aerobic conditions at near-room temperature. MF processing of vegetal materials progresses to endpoints in about 2-5 weeks. During MF processing, an acidic leachate rich in organic acids and alcohols is produced. The research presented in this thesis focuses on the efficiency of MF preprocessing of feedstock containing fibrous lignocellulosic (FLC) materials; efficiency of microbial and insect larvae-based treatments of MF leachate; tolerance of the Black Soldier fly larvae (BSFL) to various biological inhibitors common in leachate; and effectiveness of using MF and BSFL solid and liquid processing products as agricultural fertilizers. Results indicate that MF is unsuitable for pre-processing of FLC materials.Enhanced MF leachate treatment may increase efficiency of FLC processing though.Leachate can be efficiently treated using BSFL which decrease overall leachate toxicity.

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Larval Responses to Environmental Ethanol in Three Drosophila Species: an Indicator of Habitat Selection.

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Resource Partitioning in Five Domestic Drosophila Species and Its Relationship to Ethanol Metabolism.

Resource Partitioning in Five Domestic Drosophila Species and Its Relationship to Ethanol Metabolism.

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Biological Treatment of Leachates of Microaerobic Fermentation

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