In fish, exhaustive exercise stress differs from steady-state aerobic exercise in causing (1) a
depletion of glycogen, creatine phosphate (CP) and ATP reserves and an accumulation of …

Carbon dioxide (CO2) excretion and acid–base regulation in fish are linked, as in other
animals, though the reversible reactions of CO2 and the acid–base equivalents H+ and …

We examined the effect of 2-or 24-hr confinement stress and cortisol treatment on plasma
cortisol, glucose, lactate and free amino acids concentration and hepatic glycogen content …

This chapter discusses a very few of thousands of toxicants now present in natural waters.
The gills of a fish constitute a multifunctional organ (respiration, ionoregulation, acid-base …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the biosynthesis and metabolic degradation of
catecholamines in fish. Catecholamines are synthesized in both nonneural chromaffin cells …

The impacts of feeding on the rate of O2 consumption aerobic swimming performance,
nitrogenous waste excretion (ammonia-N and urea-N) and protein utilization as an aerobic …

Since the descriptions of the cardiovascular system and the cardiovascular changes
associated with exercise that appeared in earlier volumes of this series (Randall, 1970; …

Post‐exercise mortality (PEM) may occur when fish exercise to exhaustion and are pushed
so far beyond their physiological limits that they can no longer sustain life. Although fish …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the chemical properties of the blood of fishes.
The levels of many plasma constituents exhibit daily variations that can modify and …

Salmon slaughtered by standard routines (control) or stressed by confinement for 10 min
before stunning and then stored at 0.4 or 3.3° C for 9 days were compared. Handling stress …