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The effect of body size on the standard metabolic rate of the lesser spotted dogfish
Author(s) -
Sims D. W.
Publication year - 1996
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.1095-8649.1996.tb01447.x
Subject(s) - scyliorhinus canicula , biology , metabolic rate , juvenile , body weight , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , ecology , endocrinology
Standard metabolic rates were measured as the rate of oxygen consumption in 33 Scyliorhinus canicula , ranging in weight from 3–929 g. The amount of oxygen consumed per hour (Vo 2 ) changed predictably with body size according to the relationship Vo 2 =0–104 W0.855 , where W represents fish weight in g. On a weight specific basis, the level of standard metabolism in juvenile dogfish (5 g) was nearly double that measured in adults (500 g).