Table 3.

H₂ and sulfide-consuming rates of living individuals and dissected gill tissues of Alviniconcha marisindica populations.

Specimen	H2 consumption	H2S consumption
kAlv
Living individual	(n = 3)	(n = 3)
(μmol/h/individual)	15.7 ± 8.23	20.3 ± 6.4
(μmol/h/g of individual)	0.44 ± 0.23	0.56 ± 0.18
Gill tissue	(n = 5)	(n = 5)
(μmol/h/gill)	0.59 ± 0.45	2.78 ± 0.92
(μmol/h/g of gill tissue)	0.11 ± 0.086	0.53 ± 0.18
eAlv
Living individual	(n = 3)	(n = 3)
(μmol/h/individual)	6.0 ± 1.6	9.8 ± 0.35
(μmol/h/g of individual)	0.16 ± 0.042	0.26 ± 0.0093
Gill tissue	(n = 5)	(n = 2)
(μmol/h/gill)	0.11 ± 0.21	2.1 ± 0.47
(μmol/h/g of gill tissue)	0.024 ± 0.046	0.46 ± 0.10

The numbers in parentheses show the specimen numbers of the living individuals or gill tissues used for independent incubations.