Design and setup of intermittent-flow respirometry system for aquatic organisms

• Published in: Journal of fish biology Vol. 88; no. 1; pp. 26 - 50
• Main Authors: Svendsen, M. B. S., Bushnell, P. G., Steffensen, J. F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acclimatization; Animals; Aquatic organisms; automated respirometry; Automation; Carbon dioxide; Carbon Dioxide - metabolism; Fishes - physiology; metabolism; Organisms; Oxygen; Oxygen - metabolism; Oxygen Consumption; Oxygen uptake; Temperature; Temperature control; oxygen consumption; automated respirometry; metabolism

Intermittent‐flow respirometry is an experimental protocol for measuring oxygen consumption in aquatic organisms that utilizes the best features of closed (stop‐flow) and flow‐through respirometry while eliminating (or at least reducing) some of their inherent problems. By interspersing short period...