Influence of activity and salinity on the weight-dependent oxygen consumption of the rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri

1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Madan Mohan Rao
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND PHOTOPERIOD ON THE RESPIRATORY METABOLISM OF RAINBOW TROUT (SALMO GAIRDNERI)

1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Evans ◽  
F. C. Purdie ◽  
C. P. Hickman Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Locomotor Activity ◽  
Temperature Compensation ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
Respiratory Metabolism ◽  
Metabolic Rates ◽  
Metabolic Compensation

Mid-winter spawning rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) were acclimated for a minimum of 43 days to one of four temperature–photoperiod conditions: 16 °C–16L (hours daily photoperiod), 16 °C–8L, 8 °C–16L, 8 °C–8L. Oxygen consumption of the intact fish and of samples of liver, gill, and brain were measured at acclimation temperature.Brain showed complete metabolic compensation to temperature ([Formula: see text] at [Formula: see text] at 16 °C) and liver showed overcompensation ([Formula: see text] at [Formula: see text] at 16 °C). No compensation occurred in gill respiration. Total respiration showed partial temperature compensation. It is suggested that complete compensation in brain would maintain nervous co-ordination and motor conduction at optimal levels, thus permitting a large degree of temperature independence of locomotor activity.[Formula: see text] values of the tissue showed a trend for the 8L tissues to metabolize more rapidly than the 16L group, except for gill at 16 °C. Photoperiod did not significantly affect total metabolic rates, but in the larger fish (> 40 g) at 16 °C, the 8L group tended to show a higher metabolic rate than the 16L group.

DORSAL AORTIC BLOOD PRESSURES RECORDED FROM THE RAINBOW TROUT (SALMO GAIRDNERI)

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 863-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Randall ◽  
L. S. Smith ◽  
J. R. Brett
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Systolic Blood Pressure ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
Free Swimming ◽  
Aortic Blood ◽  
Cannulation Technique ◽  
Blood Pressures

Dorsal aortic blood pressures were recorded from unanesthetized, free-swimming intact fish by a previously described cannulation technique. Some cardiovascular and breathing changes during recovery from the operation and anesthesia are reported. Dorsal aortic systolic blood pressures of 38.7 ± 2.9 mm Hg were recorded from unrestrained intact trout (Salmo gairdneri). A limited study indicated that there were no variations in dorsal aortic systolic blood pressure with changes in oxygen consumption in quiescent fish.

scholarly journals Oxygen Consumption and Swimming Performance in Hypoxia-Acclimated Rainbow Trout Salmo Gairdneri

1984 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. BUSHNELL ◽  
J. F. STEFFENSEN ◽  
K. JOHANSEN
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Relative Increase ◽  
Control Fish ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
Swimming Velocity ◽  
Loading Capacity ◽  
Blood Oxygen ◽  
Normoxic Control

1. Swimming performance and oxygen consumption of normoxic (control) and hypoxia-acclimated (P002=40 mmHg) rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, were monitored at >145, 60 and 40mmHg. 2. Maximum swimming velocity at 40mmHg was reduced from >54.8cm s−1 to 41.4cm s1 in controls and to 40.6 cm s−1 in hypoxiaacclimated fish. 3. Normoxic oxygen consumption of control fish ranged from 97.5 mg O2 kg−1 h−1(5.5cm s−1) to 318.5 mg O2 kg−1 h−1 (54.8 cm s−1) and did not differ significantly from that of hypoxia-acclimated fish in normoxia. 4. Reduction of ambient P002 from normoxia to 60mmHg or 40mmHg did not significantly change oxygen consumption in control animals, although no fish (control or hypoxia acclimated) completed swimming trials at 54.8cm s−1 in 40mmHg. 5. Oxygen consumption of hypoxia-acclimated fish at 5.5cm s−1 and 40 mmHg was significantly higher than oxygen uptake in normoxia at the same speed. This relative increase was not maintained, however, as oxygen consumption at higher swimming speeds was similar to that in normoxia. 6. Blood studies showed that hypoxia-acclimated fish had lower ATP concentrations and P50 values. While these factors may increase the blood oxygen loading capacity, the change is apparently not enough markedly to improve swimming performance or oxygen consumption in hypoxia and/or exercise.

Responses of the Respiratory Pumps to Hypoxia in the Rainbow Trout (Salmo Gairdneri)

1970 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 529-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. HUGHES ◽  
R. L. SUNDERS
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Stroke Volume ◽  
Minute Volume ◽  
Differential Pressure ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
Oxygen Cost ◽  
Volume Measurements ◽  
Overall Efficiency ◽  
Work Done

1. Unanaesthetized rainbow trout, when subjected to a lowered Po2 of the inspired water, show an increase in amplitude of pressures recorded from the buccal and opercular cavities. Pressure amplitudes were commonly found to be 0.5 cm of water in resting trout and increased 4- or 5-fold as inspired Po2 was reduced. Differential pressures across the gills also increased with hypoxia. 2. Typically the minute volume in a 400-600 g trout increased from about 0.2 to 0.6 l/kg/min when the inspired Po2 was lowered from 150 to 80 mm Hg, but rose to 1-5l/kg/min at lower Po2. Increased minute volumes are mainly due to increases in stroke volume; respiratory frequency remains fairly constant at Po2 's above about 8o mm Hg. 3. The relation between differential pressure and minute volume is fairly linear over much of the range, but minute volume increases more rapidly than differential pressure. 4. Oxygen consumption of the non-swimming fish increases during hypoxia and is related to the increased ventilation and differential pressure across the gills. 5. Estimates of the oxygen cost of breathing were made from the increased oxygen consumption during hyperventilation. Comparison of these estimates with estimates of the work done, using the pressure and volume measurements, gave figures for the overall efficiency of the pumping mechanism of about 10%.

Uptake of Waterborne Methylmercury by Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) in Relation to Oxygen Consumption and Methylmercury Concentration

1981 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1309-1315 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Rodgers ◽  
F. W. H. Beamish
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Swimming Speed ◽  
Single Equation ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Rate Of Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Key Words Methylmercury ◽  
The Relationship

Oxygen consumption and uptake of waterborne methylmercury were measured for rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) forced to swim at sustained swimming speeds at 10 and 20 °C. The concentrations of methylmercury used (< 8 μg Hg∙L−1) did not affect oxygen consumption. The log of mass specific oxygen consumption increased linearly with relative swimming speed. Standard metabolic rates were significantly different (P < 0.05) at 10 and 20 °C (111 and 192 mg O2∙kg−1∙h−1, respectively) but the rate of increase in oxygen consumption with swimming speed was not significantly different between temperatures. The rate of methylmercury uptake was positively correlated with both oxygen consumption and methylmercury concentration. Multiple linear regression equations relating the logs of rate of methylmercury uptake, rate of oxygen consumption, and methylmercury concentration at 10 and 20 °C were contiguous and a single equation described the relationship at both temperatures. The efficiency of methylmercury uptake relative to oxygen was ~0.25 at both temperatures. Assuming an oxygen percent utilization of 33%, the percent utilization of methylmercury from water was ~8%.Key words: methylmercury, uptake, respiration, oxygen consumption, rainbow trout, bioaccumulation, pollutant

Oxygen consumption of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) in relation to activity and salinity

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 781-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Madan Mohan Rao
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
Osmotic Gradient ◽  
Metabolic Rates ◽  
Standard Rate ◽  
The Cost

The oxygen consumption of the rainbow trout ranging in size from 23 to 196 g was measured at 5 °C and 15 °C in fresh water and salinities of 7.5‰, 15‰, and 30‰. The standard rate of metabolism and metabolic rates at various levels of steady swimming were determined.The cost of swimming and the cost of osmoregulation in terms of oxygen consumption for a 100-g fish were calculated on the assumption that there was no cost of osmoregulation in a salinity of 7.5‰. In fresh water and in 15‰ salinity the cost of osmoregulation was 20% of total metabolism while in a salinity of 30‰ it was 27%. This 27% of the total metabolism attributed to cost of osmoregulation does not appear to be proportional to the increase in osmotic gradient in 30‰ salinity.

scholarly journals Effect of burst swimming and adrenaline infusion on O2 consumption and CO2 excretion in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri

1987 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
pp. 427-434
Author(s):  
J. F. Steffensen ◽  
B. L. Tufts ◽  
D. J. Randall
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Red Blood Cell ◽  
Respiratory Exchange Ratio ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
Adrenaline Infusion ◽  
Burst Swimming ◽  
Co2 Excretion

1. Immediately following burst swimming, the oxygen consumption of rainbow trout increased by 71%, carbon dioxide excretion by 104% and the respiratory exchange ratio by 17%. 80 min after burst swimming all of these parameters had returned to levels which were not significantly different from control values. 2. Infusion of adrenaline into resting fish had no significant effect on oxygen consumption or carbon dioxide excretion and therefore there was no significant change in the respiratory exchange ratio. 3. This infusion of adrenaline caused a significant elevation in the red blood cell pH which was still present 80 min later. 4. The present results contrast with those of van den Thillart, Randall & Lin (1983), who demonstrated carbon dioxide retention after burst swimming. While it is possible that catecholamines may inhibit bicarbonate flux through the red blood cell, our experiments indicate that this inhibition would not result in detectable changes in carbon dioxide excretion or, therefore, in the respiratory exchange ratio.

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