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Hypoxia-induced physiological changes in two mangrove swamp fishes: sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepede and sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur)

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Date Issued:
1990
Title: Hypoxia-induced physiological changes in two mangrove swamp fishes: sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepede and sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur).
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Name(s): Peterson, Mark S., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1990
Publisher: Elsevier
Extent: 6 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3353852 (digitool), FADT3353852 (IID), fau:6646 (fedora), 10.1016/0300-9629(90)90715-5 (doi)
Note(s): 1. Laboratory measurements (30° C and 30‰ salinity) were made of plasma osmolality, plasma chloride ion concentration, hematocrit, oxygen consumption and survival of sheepsheadminnow, Cyprinodon variegates Lacepede and sailfinmolly, Poecilialatipinna (Lesueur) under normoxic (150mm Hg) and hypoxic (40 mm Hg) conditions. 2. Significant increases in hematocrit and reductions in oxygen consumption were documented for both species. Plasma osmolality increased in sheepsheadminnows while in hypoxie conditions but plasma chloride did not change from values in 150mm Hg in either species. There was no mortality in either species during the 24 hr hypoxia survival tests. 3. Results suggest a strong tolerance of hypoxia in both species and use of aquatic surface respiration (ASR) by P. latipinna. 4. Low-level mortality occurs in both species but severe mortality occurs only in C. variegatus and may be due to synergistic environmental effects typical of mangrove swamp habitats.
The final published version of this manuscript is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03009629 and may be cited as: Peterson, M. S. (1990). Hypoxia-induced physiological changes in two mangrove swamp fishes: sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepede and sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 97(1), 17-21.doi:10.1016/0300-9629(90)90715-5
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #758.
Subject(s): Mangrove swamps
Hypoxia (Water)
Ecophysiology
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353852
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(90)90715-5
Restrictions on Access: ©1990 Elsevier Inc.
Host Institution: FAU