Estimated respiration rate of myctophid fish from the enzyme activity of the electron-transport-system |
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| Authors: | Tsutomu Ikeda |
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| Institution: | (1) Australian Institute of Marine Science, P.M.B. No. 3, 4810 Townsville, M.S.O., Queensland, Australia;(2) Present address: Japan Sea Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, 1 Suido-cho, 951 Niigata, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Whole animal respiration rates (R) of myctophid fishes which migrate up to the surface at night were estimated using enzyme activities of the electron-transport-system (ETS). The fish, currently unsusceptible to laboratory experimentation, were caught at sea and stored frozen at –20°C for 14–17 days prior to enzyme assay. Supplemental tests on two tropical marine fishes (gobies and poma-centrids) showed no measurable loss of ETS activity during storage for up to 36 d at –20°C. The ETS/R ratio for gobies and pomacentrids was 1.61. Respiration rates of myctophid fishes estimated using this ETS/R ratio ranged from 17.7 to 453µl O2 individual–1 hr–1 for specimens weighing 26–1101 mg wet weight atin situ temperature of 24–27°C. The relationship between the respiration rate standardized to a temperature of 20°C (R:µl O2 individual–1hr–1) and wet weight (WW: mg) of myctophid fishes was expressed asR=0.790 WW0.84 (r=0.964,n=27). This relationship does not differ appreciably from the respiration rates of other marine fishes calculated from Winberg's equation. |
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