Notes: Group-Size-Mediated Metabolic Rate Reduction in American Shad
作者:
RobertM. Ross,
ThomasW. H. Backman,
KarinE. Limburg,
期刊:
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 121,
issue 3
页码: 385-390
ISSN:0002-8487
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1577/1548-8659(1992)121<0385:NGMRRI>2.3.CO;2
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The relation of oxygen consumption to ambient temperature and group size was studied in juvenile American shadAlosa sapidissimaat three group sizes: 5 or 6 (small), 9–13 (medium), and 41–48 (large) fish per 500-L tank. Oxygen consumption rates, water temperatures, and behavior were measured concurrently in the three group-size treatments. Schooling predominated in large groups, whereas aggregating behavior dominated medium and small groups. Fish in small or medium groups consumed oxygen at two to four times the rate of fish in large groups (0.36 or 0.25 versus 0.11 mg O2/[g biomass·h]). This group-size-related respiratory rate reduction could be caused by the effect of calming, type of swimming, swimming speed, or hydrodynamic advantage.
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