ISSN:
1432-136X
Keywords:
Anaerobic metabolism
;
Calorimetry
;
Anoxia
;
Hypoxia
;
Goldfish
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The energy flow of the anaerobic metabolism of glodfish at 20°C during hypoxia and anoxia was studied by simultaneous direct and indirect calorimetry. During anoxia the heat production as determined by direct calorimetry (180 J · h−1 · kg−0.85) is reduced to 30% of the normoxic level (570 J · h−1 · kg−0.85), which is the same reduction as found previously. The patterns of substrate utilization are compared with previous results, where the anoxic pattern was established by simultaneous calorimetry without carbon dioxide measurements. The present results, which do include carbon dioxide measurements, show the same pattern: carbohydrate and protein as substrates and carbon dioxide, ethanol and fat as end products. The pattern of substrate utilization at low oxygen levels is a combination of the anoxic pattern with an aerobic component. During anoxia only 5% of the metabolizable energy is used for energy metabolism. Of the remaining part (metabolizable energy for production) 60% is converted into ethanol and 40% into fat. At two hypoxia levels the distribution of the metabolizable energy for production into ethanol and fat is the same.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00691503
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