Effects of acclimation temperatures on the respiration physiology and thermal coefficient of Malabar blood snapper

Sabuj K Mazumder; Mazlan A Ghaffar; Takeshi Tomiyama; Simon K Das

doi:10.1016/j.resp.2019.103253

Effects of acclimation temperatures on the respiration physiology and thermal coefficient of Malabar blood snapper

Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2019 Oct:268:103253. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103253. Epub 2019 Jul 10.

Authors

Sabuj K Mazumder¹, Mazlan A Ghaffar², Takeshi Tomiyama³, Simon K Das⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Ecosystem Management and Natural Resources, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, D.E., Malaysia; Department of Genetics and Fish Breeding, Faculty of Fisheries, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, 1706, Bangladesh.
² School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
³ Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
⁴ Centre for Ecosystem Management and Natural Resources, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, D.E., Malaysia; Marine Ecosystem Research Center, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor D.E., Malaysia. Electronic address: skdas_maa@yahoo.com.

PMID: 31301383
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103253

Abstract

This study tested the oxygen consumption rates (OCR), energy, and thermal coefficient of juvenile Lutjanus malabaricus (60 fish, size: 4.53 ± 1.14 g) at four temperatures of 22, 26, 30 and 34 °C. During 30 days of experimental period 5 fish tank^-1 were reared at four temperatures with three replicates in intermittent flow respirometers in a recirculatory system under laboratory conditions. As expected, oxygen consumption rates increased significantly (P < 0.05) from 1.39 ± 0.07 to 3.11 ± 0.09 ml O₂ h^-1 with an increase in the exposed temperature from 22 to 34 °C. The corresponding respired energy values also increased from 27.59 ± 1.03 to 61.78 ± 0.66 Jh^-1 at 22 and 34 °C respectively. The maximum and minimum temperature quotients (Q₁₀) were observed between 22-26 °C (2.02) and 26-30 °C (1.82) respectively. Final preferred temperature (thermal coefficient) estimated between 26 and 30 °C. This bioengineering information can be used for designing and sizing a rearing facility for the intensive culture of L. malabaricus.

Keywords: Lutjanus malabaricus; Oxygen consumption rate; Preferred temperature; Respirometry.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acclimatization / physiology*
Animals
Malaysia
Oxygen Consumption / physiology*
Perciformes / physiology*
Respiratory Physiological Phenomena*
Seawater*
Temperature*