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Effect of temperature on rate of passage of food through the alimentary canal of the plaice Pleuronectes platessa L.
Author(s) -
Edwards D. J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1971.tb05915.x
Subject(s) - pleuronectes , biology , coring , linear relationship , fishery , zoology , anatomy , fish <actinopterygii> , mathematics , materials science , statistics , drilling , metallurgy
The relation between temperature and rate of passage of pieces of Arenicola marina through the gut of Pleuronectes platessa was investigated by an X‐ray method, using barium sulphate as a contrast medium. Time in hours taken for stomach evacuation and travel of gut contents to the rectum plotted against temperature gave negative exponential curves. Plotted logarithmically the relationships were linear.