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Oxygen uptake through water during early life of Anabas testudineus (Bloch)

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The O2 consumption (mg/hr) through water in case of Anabas testudineus during development and growth has been measured and its relationship to body weight or length studied.

The logarithmic plot of 02 uptake through water either against body weight or length suggested a statistically significant (P > 3.53) two-component curve, the point of intersection being at 11 mg body weight and 1.78 cm body length. These are the theoretical values of weight or length at which the responsibility of supplementing nearly 40% of the total O2 demand through the newly developed air breathing organ falls in the early life of the fish. One of the impelling causes forcing developing fry of Anabas to adopt a bimodal gas exchange machinery seems to be 4 fold increase in the diffusion distance at the gills.

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Mishra, A.P., Singh, B.R. Oxygen uptake through water during early life of Anabas testudineus (Bloch). Hydrobiologia 66, 129–133 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00032041

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