Respiratory Physiology of the Lake Magadi Tilapia (Oreochromis alcalicus grahaml), a Fish Adapted to a Hot, Alkaline, and Frequently Hypoxic Environment

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1114-1136

  Narahara, Annie ^a   Bergman, Harold L ^a   Laurent, Pierre ^b   Maina, J N ^c   Walsh, Patrick J ^d   Wood, Chris M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS ALCALICUS;

EID: 0030457371     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.5.30164249     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. ALEXANDER J.B. and G.A. INGRAM. 1980. A comparison of five of the methods commonly used to measure protein concentrations in fish sera. J. Fish Biol. 16:115-122.
2. BOUTILIER R.G., T.A. HEMING, and G.K. IWAMA. 1984. Physiochemical parameters for use in fish respiratory physiology. Pp. 403-430 in W.S. HOAR and D.J. RANDALL, eds. Fish Physiology. Vol. 10. Academic Press, New York.
3. BRIDGES C.R., A.C. TAYLOR, S.J. MORRIS, and M.K. GRIESHABER. 1984. Ecophysiological adaptations in Blennius pholis blood to intertidal rockpool environments. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 77:151-167.
4. BURGGREN W.W. 1982. "Air gulping" improves blood oxygen transport during aquatic hypoxia in the goldfish Carassius auratus. Physiol. Zool. 55:327-334.
5. CAMERON J.N. 1971. Rapid method for determination of total carbon dioxide in small blood samples. J. Appl. Physiol. 31:632-634.
6. _. 1984. Acid-base status of fish at different temperatures. Am. J. Physiol. 246:R452-R459.
7. CAULTON M.S. 1977. The effect of temperature on routine metabolism in Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger). J. Fish Biol. 11:549-553.
8. _. 1978. The effect of temperature and mass on routine metabolism in Sarotherodon (Tilapia) mossambicus (Peters). J. Fish Biol. 13:195-201.
9. _. 1982. Feeding, metabolism and growth of tilapias: some quantitative considerations. Pp. 157-180 in R.S.V. PULLIN and R.H. LOWE-MCCONNELL, eds. The Biology and Culture of Tilapias. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Manila.
10. COE M.J. 1966. The biology of Tilapia grahami (Boulenger) in Lake Magadi, Kenya. Acta Trop. 23:146-176.
11. DUSART J. 1963. Contribution a l'étude de l'adaptation des tilapia (Pisces Cichlidae) a la vie en milieu mal oxygène. Hydrobiologia 21:328-341.
12. - effluxes and ionic regulation in Tilapia grahami, a fish living in conditions of extreme alkalinity. J. Exp. Biol. 91:349-353.
13. EDDY F.B. and G.M.O. MALOIY. 1984. Ionic content of body fluids and sodium efflux Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, a fish living at temperatures above 30°C and in conditions of extreme alkalinity. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 78A:359-361.
14. FARMER G.J. and F.W.H. BEAMISH. 1969. Oxygen consumption of Tilapia nilotica in relation to swimming speed and salinity. J. Fisheries Res. Board Can. 26:2807-2821.
15. FEBRY R. and P. LUTZ. 1987. Energy partitioning in fish: the activity-related cost of osmoregulation in a euryhaline cichlid. J. Exp. Biol. 128:63-85.
16. FERNANDES M.N. and F.T. RANTIN. 1989. Respiratory responses of Oreochromis niloticus (Pisces, Cichlidae) to environmental hypoxia under different thermal conditions. J. Fish Biol. 25:509-519.
17. FRANKLIN C.E., T. CROCKFORD, I.A. JOHNSTON, and C. KAMUNDE. 1994. The thermostability of haemoglobins from the hot-spring fish, Oreochromis alcalicus grahami: comparisons with Antarctic and temperate species. J. Therm. Biol. 19:277-280.
18. FRANKLIN C.E., I.A. JOHNSTON, T. CROCKFORD, and C. KAMUNDE. 1995. Scaling of oxygen consumption in Lake Magadi tilapia, Oreochromis alcalicus grahami: a fish living at 37°C. J. Fish Biol. 46:829-834.
19. FRY F.E.J. 1957. The aquatic respiration of fish. Pp. 1-63 in M.E. BROWN, ed. The Physiology of Fishes. Vol. 1. Academic Press, New York.
20. GEE J.H. and P.A. GEE. 1995. Aquatic surface respiration, buoyancy control and the evolution of air-breathing in gobies (Gobiidae: Pisces). J. Exp. Biol. 198:79-89.
21. JENSEN F.B. 1989. Hydrogen ion equilibria in fish haemoglobins. J. Exp. Biology 143:225-234.
22. JOB S.V. 1969a. The respiratory metabolism of Tilapia mossambica (Teleostei). I. The effect of size, temperature, and salinity. Mar. Biol. 2:121-126.
23. _. 1969b. The respiratory metabolism of Tilapia mossambica (Teleostei). II. The effect of size, temperature, salinity, and partial pressure of oxygen. Mar. Biol. 3:222-226.
24. JOHANSEN K., G.M.O. MALOIY, and G. LYKKEBOE. 1975. A fish in extreme alkalinity. Respir. Physiol. 24:159-162.
25. JOHNSTON I.A., F.B. EDDY, and G.M.O. MALOIY. 1983. The effects of temperature on muscle pH, adenylate and phosphagen concentrations in Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, a fish adapted to an alkaline hotspring. J. Fish Biol. 23:717-724.
26. JOHNSTON I.A., H. GUDERLY, C.E. FRANKLIN, T. CROCKFORD, and C. KAMUNDE. 1994. Are mitochondria subject to evolutionary temperature adaptation? J. Exp. Biol. 195:293-306.
27. KRAMER D.L. and M. MCCLURE. 1982. Aquatic surface respiration, a widespread adaption to hypoxia in tropical freshwater fishes. Environ. Biol. Fishes 7:47-55.
28. KUTTY M.N. 1972. Respiratory quotient and ammonia excretion in Tilapia mossambica. Mar. Biol. 16:126-133.
29. LAURENT P., H.L. BERGMAN, A. NARAHARA, P.J. WALSH, J.N. MAINA, and C.M. WOOD. 1995. Gill structure of a fish from an alkaline lake: effect of exposure to pH 7. Can. J. Zool. 73:1170-1181.
30. + concentrations in five African species of Tilapia fishes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 48A:699-710.
31. LYKKEBOE G., K. JOHANSEN, and G.M.O. MALOIY. 1975. Functional properties of hemoglobins in the teleost Tilapia grahami. J. Comp. Physiol. 104:1-11.
32. MAETZ J. and G. DE RENZIS. 1978. Aspects of the adaptation of fish to high external alkalinity; comparison of Tilapia grahami and T. mossambica. Pp. 213-228 in K. SCHMIDT-NIELSEN, L. BOLIS, and S.H.P. MADDRELL, eds. Comparative Physiology: Water, Ions and Fluid Mechanics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
33. MAGID A.M.A. and M.M. BABIKER. 1975. Oxygen consumption and respiratory behavior of three Nile fishes. Hydrobiologia 46:359-367.
34. MAINA J.N. 1990. A study of the morphology of the gills of an extreme alkalinity and hyperosmotic adapted teleost Oreochromis alcalicus grahami (Boulenger) with particular emphasis on the ultrastructure of the chloride cells and their modifications with water dilution: a SEM and TEM study. Anat. Embryol. 181:83-98.
35. MAINA J.N., C.M. WOOD, A.B. NARAHARA, H.L. BERGMAN, P. LAURENT, and P.J. WALSH. 1996. Morphology of the swim bladder of a cichlid teleost: Oreochromis alcalicus grahami (Trewavas, 1983), a fish adapted to a hyperosmotic, alkaline and hypoxic environment: a brief outline of the structure and function of the swim bladder. In J.S. MUNSHI and H.M. DUTTA, eds. Horizons of New Research in Fish Morphology in the 20th Century. Oxford and IBH, New Delhi (in press).
36. MALOIY G.M.O., G. LYKKEBOE, K. JOHANSEN, and O.S. BAMFORD. 1978. Osmoregulation in Tilapia grahami: a fish in extreme alkalinity. Pp. 229-238 in K. SCHMIDT-NIELSEN, L. BOLIS, and S.H.P. MADDRELL, eds. Comparative Physiology: Water, Ions and Fluid Mechanics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
37. MORGAN P.R. 1972. Causes of mortality in the endemic tilapia of Lake Chilwa (Malawi). Hydrobiologia 40:101-119.
38. PERRY S.F. and D.G. MCDONALD. 1993. Gas exchange. Pp. 251-278 in D.H. EVANS, ed. The Physiology of Fishes. CRC, Boca Raton, Fla.
39. RANDALL D.J., C.M. WOOD, S.F. PERRY, H.L. BERGMAN, G.M.O. MALOIY, T.P. MOMMSEN, and P.A. WRIGHT. 1989. Urea excretion as a strategy for survival in a fish living in a very alkaline environment. Nature 337:165-166.
40. REITE, O.B., G.M.O. MALOIY, and B. AASEHAUG. 1974. pH, salinity and temperature tolerance of Lake Magadi tilapia. Nature 247:315.
41. SCHEID P. and M. MEYER. 1978. Mixing technique for study of oxygen-hemoglobin equilibrium: a critical evaluation. J. Appl. Physiol. 45:818-822.
42. SKADHAUGE E., C.P. LECHENE, and G.M.O. MALOIY. 1980. Tilapia grahami: role of intestine in osmoregulation under conditions of extreme alkalinity. Pp. 133-142 in B. LAHLOU, ed. Epithelial Transport in Lower Vertebrates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
43. STUENKEL E.L. and S.D. HILLYARD. 1981. The effects of temperature and salinity acclimation on metabolic rate and osmoregulation in the pupfish, Cyprinodon salinus. Copeia 2:411-417.
44. TREWEVAS E. 1983. Tilapiine Fishes of the Genera Sarotherodon, Oreochromis and Danakilia. British Museum of Natural History, Dorchester.
45. VERHEYEN E., R. BLUST, and C. DOUMEN. 1985. The oxygen uptake of Saratherodon niloticus L. and the oxygen binding properties of its blood and hemolysate (Pisces: Cichlidae). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 81A:423-426.
46. WALSH P.J., H.L. BERGMAN, A.B. NARAHARA, C.M. WOOD, P.A. WRIGHT, D.J. RANDALL, J.N. MAINA, and P. LAURENT. 1993. Effects of ammonia on survival, swimming and activities of enzymes of nitrogen metabolism in the Lake Magadi tilapia (Oreochromis alcalicus grahami). J. Exp. Biol. 180:323-387.
47. WOOD C.M., H.L. BERGMAN, P. LAURENT, J.N. MAINA, A. NARAHARA, and P.J. WALSH. 1994. Urea production, acid-base regulation, and their interactions in the Lake Magadi tilapia, a unique teleost adapted to a highly alkaline environment. J. Exp. Biol. 189:13-36.
48. WOOD, C.M., S.F. PERRY, P.A. WRIGHT, H.L. BERGMAN, and D.J. RANDALL. 1989. Ammonia and urea dynamics in the Lake Magadi tilapia, a teleost fish adapted to an extremely alkaline environment. Respir. Physiol. 77:1-20.
49. 2 on a teleost fish adapted to an extremely alkaline environment. J. Exp. Biol. 151:361-369.
50. ZEIDLER R. and D.H. KIM. 1977. Preferential hemolysis of postnatal calf red cells induced by internal alkalinization. J. Gen. Physiol. 70:385-401.