S. J. Walsh
D. C. Haney
T.F. Nordlie
F.G. Nordlie
1991
<p>Routine metabolism of the euryhaline cyprinodontid <i>Cyprinodon variegatus</i> Lacepede was measured at a series of ambient salinities ranging from fresh water through 100‰. Fish used had been sequentially acclimated to the test salinities (ambient temperature of 20±1° C and a 12: 12 L: D schedule).</p>
<p>Routine metabolic rates were highest at ambient salinities from 15 to 50‰. Metabolism was somewhat lower at ambient salinities less than 15‰, and showed a sequential decline at ambient salinities greater than 50‰. It is suggested that routine metabolism is depressed at elevated salinities by reduced O, transfer, a consequence of maintenance of hydromineral balance in hypersaline waters.</p>
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10.1111/j.1095-8649.1991.tb03097.x
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The influence of ambient salinity on routine metabolism in the teleost <i>Cyprinodon variegatus</i> Lacepède
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