Gill area explains deviations from body size–metabolic rate relationship in teleost fishes
Abstract
Whether gill area constrains fish metabolism through oxygen limitation is a debated topic. Here, we provide insights into this question by analyzing mass-specific metabolic rates across 44 teleost fishes extracted from FishBase. We explore whether species deviations from metabolic rates predicted by body mass can be explained by species gill area. We show that the gill area explains ~26-28% of species-level deviations from mass-specific metabolic rates. Our findings suggest that gill area might indeed be one of the factors limiting metabolic rate in fishes.
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Research article
Published
2022
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Publisher
Wiley
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202206083185Use this for linking
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0022-1112
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15084
Language
English
Published in
Journal of Fish biology
Citation
- Kuparinen, A., Gielewski, D., & Hutchings, J. A. (2022). Gill area explains deviations from body size–metabolic rate relationship in teleost fishes. Journal of Fish biology, 101(1), 308-311. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15084
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Research Council of Finland
European Commission
Funding program(s)
Academy Project, AoF
ERC Consolidator Grant
Akatemiahanke, SA
ERC Consolidator Grant
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Additional information about funding
This study was funded by the Academy of Finland (project grant 317495 to AK), Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada (NSERC; Discovery Grants to AK and JAH), and the European Research Council (COMPLEX-FISH 770884 to AK). The present study reflects only the authors’ view and the European Research Council is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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