A modified Bläzka–type respirometer for the study of swimming metabolism in fishes having deep, laterally compressed bodies or unusual locomotor modes |
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| Authors: | J R Hove M S Gordon P W Webb D Weihs |
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| Institution: | Department Of Aeronautics, California Institute Of Technology, Pasadena, Ca 91125, U.S.A.;Department Of Organismic Biology, Ecology And Evolution, University Of California, Los Angeles, Ca 90095–1606, U.S.A.;School Of Natural Resources And Environment, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mi 48109–1115, U.S.A.;Department Of Aerospace Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel |
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| Abstract: | A low volume (8·4 l), rectangular (cross–section) respirometer modified from a Bläzka–type coaxial circuit, which provides rectilinear flow at speeds up to 0·36 m s–1, is described. |
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| Keywords: | Bläzka respirometer fish swimming oxygen consumption |
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