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Different oxygen consumption rates by the longhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus in an apparatus designed for shipboard use

Different oxygen consumption rates by the longhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus in an... 227 44 44 4 4 R. E. Crawford Department of Zoology University of Maine Orono Maine USA Abstract Oxygen consumption of longhorn sculpin ( Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus ) from the Gulf of Maine (USA) was measured in an apparatus designed for shipboard studies, and increased with fish weight to a power of 0.7. Oxygen consumption by recently captured fish measured at sea and at 13°C was three times that measured in the laboratory at 10°C. This latter rate of oxygen consumption was four times that determined for fish in Stage III anesthesia under similar conditions. A description of the apparatus, designed to permit extended chamber familiarization time with minimal disturbance, is included. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Marine Biology Springer Journals

Different oxygen consumption rates by the longhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus in an apparatus designed for shipboard use

Crawford, R.
Marine Biology , Volume 44 (4) – Dec 1, 1978
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1978 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Life Sciences; Biomedicine general; Oceanography; Ecology; Microbiology; Zoology
ISSN
0025-3162
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1432-1793
DOI
10.1007/BF00390901
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227 44 44 4 4 R. E. Crawford Department of Zoology University of Maine Orono Maine USA Abstract Oxygen consumption of longhorn sculpin ( Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus ) from the Gulf of Maine (USA) was measured in an apparatus designed for shipboard studies, and increased with fish weight to a power of 0.7. Oxygen consumption by recently captured fish measured at sea and at 13°C was three times that measured in the laboratory at 10°C. This latter rate of oxygen consumption was four times that determined for fish in Stage III anesthesia under similar conditions. A description of the apparatus, designed to permit extended chamber familiarization time with minimal disturbance, is included.

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Marine Biology – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 1, 1978

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