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Oxygen consumption of longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus) from the Gulf of Maine (USA) was measured in an apparatus designed for shipboard studies, and increased with fish weight to a power of 0.7. Oxygen consumption by recently captured fish measured at sea and at 13°C was three times that measured in the laboratory at 10°C. This latter rate of oxygen consumption was four times that determined for fish in Stage III anesthesia under similar conditions. A description of the apparatus, designed to permit extended chamber familiarization time with minimal disturbance, is included.
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Crawford, R.E. Different oxygen consumption rates by the longhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus in an apparatus designed for shipboard use. Mar. Biol. 44, 377–381 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390901
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