Survival, osmoregulation and oxygen consumption of YOY coastal largemouth bass,Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) exposed to saline media

Hydrobiologia ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 323 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregorius N. Susanto ◽  
Mark S. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Largemouth Bass ◽  
Micropterus Salmoides

Apparent Specific Dynamic Action of Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides

1974 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1763-1769 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. H. Beamish
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Largemouth Bass ◽  
Micropterus Salmoides ◽  
Specific Dynamic Action ◽  
Feeding Level ◽  
Dynamic Action ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Ration Size

Oxygen consumption attributable to apparent specific dynamic action (SDA) was measured in relation to feeding level and body weight in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, forced to swim at 1.7 body lengths/s (BL/s). Apparent SDA rose curvilinearly with ration size, the coefficient increasing with weight of bass. For a ration of fixed percent body weight/day, apparent SDA increased curvilinearly with weight of bass, the rate being most pronounced at higher levels of food intake. Apparent SDA expressed in energy units as a percent of ration ingested did not differ significantly with weight of fish or meal size. The overall mean apparent SDA ± SD was 14.19 ± 4.19% of the energy ingested. Time required for oxygen consumption to subside to pre-feeding levels increased with ration size and weight of bass.Over the range of swimming speeds from 1.4 to 2.5 BL/s, there were no differences in apparent SDA of similar size bass fed a ration of 4% body weight/day. Similarly, time for elevated levels of oxygen consumption to return to prefeeding rates was independent of swimming speed.

Oxygen consumption of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, in relation to swimming speed and temperature

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1221-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. H. Beamish
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Swimming Speed ◽  
Largemouth Bass ◽  
Micropterus Salmoides ◽  
Maximum Speed ◽  
Total Length ◽  
Linear Regressions

Oxygen consumption was determined for largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, of various sizes in relation to sustained swimming speeds. The logarithm of oxygen consumption for a given swimming speed and temperature increased linearly with the logarithm of weight. Slopes of regressions were considerably less than unity. In general, slopes for different swimming speeds at a given temperature did not differ significantly. The relation between logarithm of oxygen consumption and swimming speed is expressed as a series of parallel, linear regressions for the temperatures followed. For a given swimming speed, oxygen consumption increased with temperature from 10 to 34 C, the highest temperature followed.Active oxygen consumption increased linearly with weight when expressed on a logarithmic grid. At each temperature the slope of the regression approached unity. The logarithm of standard oxygen consumption increased linearly with temperature from 10 to 34 C.The logarithm of maximum sustained swimming speed increased linearly with total length at each temperature. For a given total length, maximum sustained swimming speed increased from 10 to 30 C. Between 30 and 34 C maximum speed decreased.

Pathogeny of disease characterized by swollen liver and spleen in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 654-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongmei MA ◽  
Guocheng DEND ◽  
Junjie BAI ◽  
Shengjie LI ◽  
Xiaoyan JIANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Largemouth Bass ◽  
Micropterus Salmoides

Assessment of caudal fin clip as a non-lethal technique for predicting muscle tissue mercury concentrations in largemouth bass

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 200 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Ryba ◽  
J. L. Lake ◽  
J. R. Serbst ◽  
A. D. Libby ◽  
S. Ayvazian
Keyword(s):  
Rhode Island ◽  
Muscle Tissue ◽  
Largemouth Bass ◽  
Total Mercury ◽  
Micropterus Salmoides ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Minimal Impact ◽  
Fish Consumption Advisories ◽  
Relationship Of

Environmental context. In the development of fish consumption advisories, fisheries biologists routinely sacrifice fish and analyse muscle fillets in order to determine the extent of mercury contamination. Such lethal techniques may not be suitable for endangered species or limited fish populations from smaller-sized water bodies. We compared the measured total mercury concentrations in tail fin clips to that of muscle fillets and illustrated that tail fin clips may be used as an accurate tool for predicting mercury in muscle tissue. This is the first study on the use of tail fin clips to predict mercury levels in the muscle tissue of largemouth bass with minimal impact on the fish. Abstract. The statistical relationship between total mercury (Hg) concentration in clips from the caudal fin and muscle tissue of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) from 26 freshwater sites in Rhode Island, USA was developed and evaluated to determine the utility of fin clip analysis as a non-lethal and convenient method for predicting mercury concentrations in tissues. The relationship of total Hg concentrations in fin clips and muscle tissue showed an r2 of 0.85 and may be compared with an r2 of 0.89 for Hg concentrations between scales and muscle tissue that was determined in a previous study on largemouth bass. The Hg concentration in fin clip samples (mean = 0.261 μg g–1 (dry)) was more than a factor of twenty greater than in the scale samples (mean = 0.012 μg g–1 (dry)). Therefore, fin clips may be a more responsive non-lethal predictor of muscle-Hg concentrations than scale in fish species which may have reduced Hg concentrations.

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