Characterization of whitebait (Galaxias maculatus) respiratory rates to optimize intensive culture carrying capacities

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 835-843

  Encina Montoya, Francisco ^a   Vega Aguayo, Rolando ^a   Mardones Lazcano, Alfonso ^a   Rueda, Teresa ^a   Tello, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE TEMUCO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carrying capacities; Galaxias maculatus; Oxygen tolerance; Respiration; Whitebait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; HYPOXIA; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; RESPIRATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STOCKING DENSITY; TELEOST;

ARGENTINA; CHILE; NEW ZEALAND;

GALAXIAS MACULATUS; OSMERIFORMES;

EID: 79955885420     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02692.x     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Armesto J., Ruíz R. & León-Lobos P. (1997) Ecología de los bosques chilenos: Síntesis y proyecciones Capítulo. In: Ecología de los bosques nativos de Chile, Vol. 21 (ed. by J. Armesto, C. Villagrán & M. Arroyo ), pp. 405-421. Editorial Universitaria, Chile.
2. Barile J., Borquez A., Dantagnan P., Mardones A., Quevedo J., Salgado I., Valdebenito I. & Vega R. (2003) Antecedentes para el cultivo del puye Galaxias maculatus (Pisces: Galaxiidae). Editorial Graficasur Ltda, Chile, 144pp.
3. Bayne B., Brown D., Burns K., Dixon D., Ivanovici A., Livingstone D., Lowe D., Moore M., Stebbing A. & Widdows J. (1985) The Effects of Stress and Pollution on Marine Animals. Praeger Special Studies, USA, 384pp.
4. Beamish F. (1964a) Respiration of fishes with special emphasis on standard oxygen consumption. II. Influence of weight and temperature on respiration of several species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 42, 177-188.
5. Beamish F.W.H. (1964b) Influence of the starvation on standard and routine oxygen consumption. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 93, 103-107.
6. Beamish F.W.H. & Mookherjii P.S. (1964) Respiration of fishes with special emphasis on standard oxygen consumption. I. Influence of weight and temperature on respiration of goldfish Carassius auratus L. Canadian Journal of Zoology 42, 161-175.
7. Bjornn T. & Reiser D. (1991) Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. In: Influences of Forest and Rangeland Management on Salmonids Fishes and their Habitat, Vol. 19 (ed. by W. Meehan ), pp. 83-138. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, Bethesda, MD, USA.
8. Blanco Cachafeiro M. (1984) La Trucha. Cría Industrial. Ed. Mundi-Prensa, Madrid, Espa ñ a, 238pp.
9. Brett J.R. (1962) Some considerations in the study of respiratory metabolism in fish, particularly salmon. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board Canada 19, 1025-1038.
10. Brett J.R. (1972) The metabolic demand for oxygen in fish, particularly salmonids, and a comparison with other vertebrates. Respiration Physiology 14, 151-170.
11. Burleson M.L., Wilhelm D.R. & Smatresk N.J. (2001) The influence of fish size on the avoidance of hypoxia and oxygen selection by largemouth bass. Journal of Fish Biology 59, 1336-1349.
12. Campos H. (1970) Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns) en Chile, con especial referencia a su reproducción. Apartado Boletín Museo de Historia Natural, Chile 31, 5-20.
13. Campos H., Dazarola G., Dyer B., Fuentes L., Gavilán J., Huaquín L., Martínez G., Meléndez R., Pequeño G., Ponce F., Ruiz V., Sielfeld W., Soto D., Vega R. & Vila I. (1998) Categorías de conservación de peces nativos de aguas continentales de Chile. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile) 47, 101-122.
14. Carter K. (2005) The Effects of Dissolved Oxygen on Steelhead Trout, Coho Salmon, and Chinook Salmon Biology and Function by Life Stage. Appendix 29 in California Regional Water Quality Control Board North Coast Region August 2005 in Report for the Action Plan for the Shasta River watershed temperature and dissolved oxygen total maximum daily loads. 28 June 2006, State of California North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 5550 Skylane Boulevard, Suite A Santa Rosa, California 95403 707-576-2220. Available at (accessed 15 February 2008).
15. Davis J.C. (1975) Minimal dissolved oxygen requirements of aquatic life with emphasis on Canadian species. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board Canada 32, 2295-2332.
16. Davis G.E. & Warren C.E. (1971) Estimation of food consumption rates. In: Methods for Assessment of Fish Production in Fresh Water. IBP Handbook No. 3 (ed. by W.E. Ricker ), pp. 227-248. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, UK.
17. Dean T.L. & Richardson J. (1999) Responses of seven species of native freshwater and shrimp to low levels of dissolved oxygen. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33, 99-106.
18. Doudoroff P. & Shumway D.L. (1970) Dissolved oxygen requirements of freshwater fishes. FAO Technical Paper, Rome 86, 291 pp.
19. Glade A. (ed). (1988) Libro rojo de los vertebrados terrestres de Chile. Actas del Simposio "Estado de Conservación de los Vertebrados Terrestres de Chile". CONAF, Santiago, Chile, 67pp.
20. Handy R.D. & Depledge M.H. (1999) Physiological responses: their measurement and use as environmental biomarkers in ecotoxicology. Ecotoxicology 8, 329-349.
21. Herrmann R.B., Warren C.E. & Doudoroff P. (1962) Influence of oxygen concentration on the growth of juvenile coho salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 91, 155-167.
22. Karna D. (2003) A Review of Some of the Effects of Reduced Dissolved Oxygen on the Fish and Invertebrate. Resources of Ward Cove Alaska Watershed Restoration Unit Office of Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA, USA, 32pp.
23. Kleiber M. (1961) Bioenergética Animal, El fuego de la vida, Ed. Acribia, 428pp.
24. Klontz W. (1991) Manual for Rainbow Trout Production on the Family - Owned Farm. Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Idaho, USA, 72pp.
25. Kramer D.L. (1987) Dissolved oxygen and fish behavior. Environmental Biology of Fishes 18, 81-92.
26. Landman M.J., Van der Heubel M.R. & Ling N. (2005) Relative sensitivities of common freshwater fish and invertebrates to acute hypoxia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39, 1061-1067.
27. Leitriz E. & Lewis R.C. (1980) Trout and Salmon culture (Hatchery Methods). California Fish Bulletin 164, 9-20.
28. Mardones A., Vega R. & Encina F. (2008) Cultivation of whitebait (Galaxias maculatus) in Chile. Aquaculture Research 39, 731-737.
29. McCue M.D. (2006) Specific dynamic action: a century of investigation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 144Part A, 381-394.
30. McNeil D.G. & Closs G.P. (2007) Behavioral responses of a south-east Australian floodplain fish community to gradual hypoxia. Freshwater Biology 52, 412-420.
31. Miura T.N., Susuki M., Nagoshi N. & Yamamura K. (1976) The rate of production and food consumption of the biwamasu, Oncorhynchus rhodurus, population in lake Biwa. Researches on Population Ecology 17, 135-154.
32. Murillo V. & Ruiz V. (2002) El Puye Galaxias globiceps Eigenmann 1927 (Osteichthyes: Galaxiidae): ¿Una Especie en Peligro de Extinción? Gayana 66, 191-197.
33. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) (1995) Dissolved Oxygen: 1992-1994 Water quality standards review. Final Issue Paper, 166pp. Available at Website (accessed 20 August 2004).
34. Paloheimo J.E. & Dickie L.M. (1966) Food and growth of fishes. II. Effects of food and temperature on the relation between metabolism and body weight. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board Canada 23, 869-908.
35. Peredo S. & Sobarzo C. (1993) Microestructura del ovario y ovogénesis en Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Teleostei: Galaxiidae). Biología Pesquera 22, 23-32.
36. Peredo S. & Sobarzo C. (1994) Actividad gonádica estacional de Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) en el Río Cautín. IX Región, Chile. Boletín Soc. Biol. Concepción, Chile 65, 65-70.
37. Piper R.G. (1971) A review methods of calculating carrying capacity in fish hatcheries. 22nd Annual Northwest Fish Culture Conference, Oregon, Canada, pp. 1-5.
38. Piper R.G. (1983) Fish Hatchery Management. American Fisheries Society, Washington, DC, 518pp.
39. Ríos C. (1979) Balance Energético en poblaciones de Galaxias maculatus Jenyns (Salmoniformes: Galaxiidae). Revista Medio Ambiente 4, 24-39.
40. Rueda F.M., Zamora S. & Martínez F.J. (2001) Efecto de la estrategia de alimentación sobre el patrón de consumo de oxígeno de la lubina europea (Dicentrarchus labrax L.). Revista AquaTIC 15 Available at (accessed 23 September 2006).
41. Schmidt-Nielsen K. (1975) Scaling in biology: the consequences of size. Journal of Experimental Zoology 194, 287-307.
42. Schmidt-Nielsen K. (1986) Animal Physiology. Adaptation and Environmental, 3rd edn. Cambridge University Press, New York.
43. Soderberg R. (1995) Flowing Water Fish Culture. Lewis Publisher, New York, USA, 56pp.
44. USEPA (1986) Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Publication 440/5-86-003. United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Washington, DC.
45. Valdebenito I. & Vega R. (2003) Reproductores y producción de ovas de puyes. In: Antecedentes para el cultivo del puye Galaxias maculatus (Pisces: Galaxiidae) (ed. by J. Barile ), pp. 25-53. Editorial Graficasur Ltda, Temuco, Chile.
46. Valenzuela A., Alveal K. & Tarifeño E. (2002) Respuestas Hematologicas de Truchas (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum 1792) a Estres Hipoxico Agudo: Serie Roja. Gayana 66, 255-261.
47. Vega R. (ed) (1999) Seminario Internacional: Bases para la piscicultura del puye Galaxias spp. Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile, 21pp.
48. Waller U. (1992) Factors influencing routine oxygen consumption in turbot, Scophthalmus maximus. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 8, 62-71.
49. Washington State Department of Ecology (WDOE) (2002) Evaluating criteria for the protection of freshwater aquatic life in Washington's surface water quality standards: Dissolved oxygen. Draft Discussion Paper and Literature Summary, Publication Number 00-10-071, 90pp.
50. Welch H.E. (1968) Relationship between assimilation efficiencies and growth efficiencies for aquatic consumers. Ecology 49, 755-759.
51. Winberg G.G. (1956) The rate of metabolism and food requirements of fishes, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 194. Belorussian University, Minsk.
52. Zar J. (1984) Bioestistical Analysis, 2nd edn. Prentice-hall, USA, 718pp.