Effect of starvation and feeding on respiratory metabolism in Leptomysis lingvura (G.O. Sars, 1866)

► We study the effect of feeding and starvation on the enzymology and physiology of respiration in mysids. ► Respiration (R) decreased logarithmically during starvation whereas the ETS activity remained constant. ► The slope in the R-biomass log-log plot in well fed mysids is close to 0.75 while for starved mysids it was lower than 0.75.