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Sources of variation in oxygen consumption of aquatic animals demonstrated by simulated constant oxygen consumption and respirometers of different sizes

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As intermittent-flow respirometry has become a common method for the determination of resting metabolism or standard metabolic rate (SMR), this study investigated how much of the variability seen in the experiments was due to measurement error. Experiments simulated different constant oxygen consumption rates (Ṁ O2) of a fish, by continuously injecting anoxic water into a respirometer,altering the injection rate to correct for the washout error. The effect of respirometer-to-fish volume ratio (RFR) on SMR measurement and variability was also investigated, using the simulated constant Ṁ O2 and the Ṁ O2 of seven roach Rutilus rutilus in respirometers of two different sizes. The results
show that higher RFR increases measurement variability but does not change the mean SMR established using a double Gaussian fit. Further, the study demonstrates that the variation observed when determining oxygen consumption rates of fishes in systems with reasonable RFRs mainly comes from the animal, not from the measuring equipment.

Key words: aquatic respirometry; intermittent-flow respirometry; measurement error.

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Judul Seri

Journal of Fish Biology

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

: The Fisheries Society of the British Isles., 2016

Deskripsi Fisik

Journal of Fish Biology (2016) 88, 51–64

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English

ISBN/ISSN

doi:10.1111/jfb.1285

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Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Edisi

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Subjek

Agriculture

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