How do you calculate the metabolic rate of fish (or other water breathers)?

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C. Loren Buck

Hi Marshall,

You can find calculations we have used for crab and fish in the papers below. Full text versions are on my RG page. Good luck!

Loren

Romero, MC, Taplella, F, BG Stevens and CL Buck. (2010) Oxygen consumption in Paralithodes platypus (Crustacea: Decapoda): influences of different stage, temperature and brood care. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 30(3) 393-400.

Haukenes, AH, El Majjati, SY, and CL Buck. (2009) Effects of emersion, temperature and handling on the oxygen consumption of Tanner crabs (Chionoecetes bairdi) Journal of Crustacean Biology, 29(1): 91–95.

Hanna, SK, Haukenes, AH, Foy, RJ and CL Buck. (2008) Temperature effects on swimming performance and metabolic rate of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus). Journal of Fish Biology.72, 1068-1078.

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Marshall

Here is a recent paper on VO2 measurement in polar fishes

Temperature-dependent metabolism in Antarctic fish: Do habitat temperature conditions affect thermal tolerance ranges?

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-016-1934-x

Jason Ortega

Hey,

Lighton has a chapter in his book on aquatic O2 analysis.

Marshall D Mccue

Thank you guys!! Very helpful

Fred Hanley

See this link to a reference:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26768973

Denis Chabot

The entire issue 88 of the Journal of Fish Biology is dedicated to this topic. The papers by Svendsen et al. deal with how to make a good respirometry setup and how to analyse the data, including the equations you are seeking.