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Effects of pressure on oxygen consumption in cottid fish from Lake Baikal

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Rates of oxygen consumption in shallow dwelling cottid fish from Lake Baikal were unaffected by a change in pressure from 11 to 51 ata. The metabolic rate of deep cottids decreased by 72% when the pressure was decreased by 50% from that corresponding to habitat depth. Recovery from decreased pressures was incomplete in deep fish, suggesting that measurements of\(\dot VO_2 \) in deep dwelling fish in the literature may underestimate actual rates.

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  1. Institute of Marine Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 28403, Wilmington, NC, USA

    R. D. Roer, V. G. Sidelyova, R. W. Brauer & G. I. Galazii

  2. Institute of Limnology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Siberian Division, Listvyenichnoye-na-Baikale, USSR

    R. D. Roer, V. G. Sidelyova, R. W. Brauer & G. I. Galazii

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Acknowledgments. Thanks are due to the US and USSR Academies of Sciences and the crew of the Titov. Support was provided by grants from The National Geographic Society, The George Baker Trust, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, and The Griffis Foundation, Inc.

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Roer, R.D., Sidelyova, V.G., Brauer, R.W. et al. Effects of pressure on oxygen consumption in cottid fish from Lake Baikal. Experientia 40, 771–773 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949772

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