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However the relation between in situ physico-chemical heterogeneity and Riftia host and symbiont metabolism, in particular symbiont chemoautotrophic function, remain poorly understood. Accordingly, we conducted experiments using shipboard high-pressure respirometers to ascertain the effect of varying substrate concentrations and temperature on Riftiametabolite uptake and symbiont carbon fixation. Our results show that substrate concentrations can strongly govern Riftia oxygen and sulfide uptake rates, as well as net carbon uptake (which is a proxy for chemoautotrophic primary production). However, after sufficient exposure to sulfide and oxygen, Riftia were capable of sustaining symbiont autotrophic function for several hours in seawater devoid of sulfide or oxygen, enabling the association to support symbiont metabolism through brief periods of substrate deficiency. Overall, temperature had the largest influence on Riftia metabolite uptake and symbiont autotrophic metabolism. In sum, while Riftia requires sufficient availability of substrates to support symbiont chemoautotrophic function, it is extremely well poised to buffer the temporal and spatial heterogeneity in environmental substrate concentrations, alleviating the influence of environmental heterogeneity on symbiont chemoautotrophic function.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1242\/jeb.02404","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,8,30]],"date-time":"2006-08-30T22:52:16Z","timestamp":1156978336000},"page":"3516-3528","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":59,"title":["Metabolite uptake, stoichiometry and chemoautotrophic function of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm <i>Riftia pachyptila<\/i>: responses to environmental variations in substrate concentrations and temperature"],"prefix":"10.1242","volume":"209","author":[{"given":"Peter R.","family":"Girguis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Biological labs room 3085,Cambridge, MA 02138, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James J.","family":"Childress","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"237","reference":[{"key":"2021042510511104400_REF1","unstructured":"Anderson, A. 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