Bimodal resprometry was conducted on reedfish, Calamoichthys caabricus, acclimated to 25C and 33C. The relative proportion of aerial respiration to the total oxygen consumption increased with acclimation temperature (p<0.05), directly correlated to activity (p<0.01) and was inversely correlated with dissolved oxygen (p<0.01). Reedfish survived aquatic hypoxia (<1 ppm) for days solely using aerial respiration. Not surprisingly, reedfish exhibited no behavioral avoidance of aquatic hypoxia when given access to air.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc798357 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Pettit, Michael J. (Michael James) |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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