The Metabolic Costs and Physiological Consequences to Juvenile Rainbow Trout of a Simulated Summer Warming Scenario in the Presence and Absence of Sublethal Ammonia
作者:
TylerK. Linton,
ScottD. Reid,
ChrisM. Wood,
期刊:
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
(Taylor Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 126,
issue 2
页码: 259-272
ISSN:0002-8487
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0259:TMCAPC>2.3.CO;2
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Quantitative bioenergetic and physiological measurements were made on juvenile rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykissexposed over summer (June–September 1993) to a simulated summer warming scenario of +2°C in the presence and absence of 70 μmol total ammonia/L (nominal; equivalent to 0.013 mg NH3-N/L at 15°C, pH = 7.6) to determine the metabolic costs and physiological consequences associated with their growth in a warmer, more polluted environment. With unlimited food, fish exposed to +2°C show better energy conversion efficiency and increased nitrogen retention at a metabolic cost equivalent to the base temperature group. Metabolic fuel use appears to have been optimized to support the bioenergetic demands imposed during maximum summer water temperatures. Low-level ammonia enhances nitrogen and energy conversion efficiency by stimulating protein retention, which ultimately results in the most cost-effective growth. However, in the +2°C ammonia treatment, the stimulatory effect of low-level ammonia is lost during mid to late summer due to the greater energy demands when fish are forced to cope with the additional stress of a small further increase in temperature.
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