Experimental methods in aquatic respirometry: The importance of mixing devices and accounting for background respiration

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-80

  Rodgers, G G ^a   Tenzing, P ^b,c   Clark, T D ^b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Institute of Marine Science ^*  (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthochromis polyacanthus; Lates calcarifer; Methodological comparison; Oxygen consumption rate; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; BREATHING; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCIFORMES; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84956752621     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12848     Document Type: Article

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