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Assessment of hypoxia avoidance behaviours in a eurythermal fish at two temperatures using a modified shuttlebox system
Author(s) -
Ern Rasmus,
Esbaugh Andrew J.
Publication year - 2021
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/jfb.14691
Subject(s) - biology , hypoxia (environmental) , acclimatization , oxygen tension , oxygen , fish <actinopterygii> , anatomy , oxygenation , ecology , fishery , chemistry , organic chemistry
Behavioural avoidance responses of red drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus ) to aquatic hypoxia were investigated at 22 and 30°C using a modified shuttlebox system. Fish movement between a control side maintained at normoxia and a hypoxic side with stepwise decreasing water oxygen tension was analysed for entries into the hypoxic side, residence time per entry into the hypoxic side and total time in the hypoxic side. Acclimation to 30°C increased the oxygen threshold for the onset of hypoxia avoidance behaviours for entries and total time, while residence time per entry was unchanged.