Temperature compensation of the ciliary movement at gill was examined by elevating the water temperature at a rate of 1℃/1 hr from 12℃(January), 20℃(May）and 28℃(August）in the Mediterranean blue mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis, the Green mussel Perna viridis and the Purplish bifurcate mussel Septifer virgatus. The compensation in the Mediterranean blue mussel showed Precht type 5 and Prosser type IV between 12℃ and 20℃. Between 20℃ and 28℃, the compensations in the Mediterranean blue mussel and the Green mussel showed Precht type3 and Prosser type II. The compensation in the Purplish bifurcate mussel showed Precht type4 and Prosser type I.
Mediterranean blue mussel
Green mussel
Purplish bifurcate mussel
Ciliary movement
Gill
Temperature compensation