Do method and species lifestyle affect measures of maximum metabolic rate in fishes?
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SUBMITTER: Killen SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5347950 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
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Do method and species lifestyle affect measures of maximum metabolic rate in fishes?
Killen S S SS Norin T T Halsey L G LG
Journal of fish biology 20161025 3
The rate at which active animals can expend energy is limited by their maximum aerobic metabolic rate (MMR). Two methods are commonly used to estimate MMR as oxygen uptake in fishes, namely during prolonged swimming or immediately following brief exhaustive exercise, but it is unclear whether they return different estimates of MMR or whether their effectiveness for estimating MMR varies among species with different lifestyles. A broad comparative analysis of MMR data from 121 fish species reveal ...[more]
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