Abstract
Continuous long-term monitoring of respiratory rates in aquatic organisms is only possible in open-flow systems providing controlled environmental conditions during the experiment. This is a basic requirement for many topics in ecophysiological and applied research, and there is an apparent need for more detailed respiratory studies with organisms of different size and under a wide range of conditions. The most important aspects are: metabolic adaptation and acclimation to environmental factors (Chap. II.2); functional relations of oxygen uptake and locomotory activity (Chap. II.5) and growth; internal rhythms (Chap. II.7); quantification of respiratory energy loss complementing assimilation and production measurements in energy budget studies (Chap. III.4); sublethal effects of environmental contaminants; biological oxygen demand in water quality control.
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Gnaiger, E. (1983). The Twin-Flow Microrespirometer and Simultaneous Calorimetry. In: Gnaiger, E., Forstner, H. (eds) Polarographic Oxygen Sensors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81863-9_14
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