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Journal of Experimental Biology 78,167-179 (1979)
Published by Company of Biologists 1979

Respiratory Gas Exchange in the Resting Starry Flounder, Platichthys Stellatus: A Comparison with Other Teleosts

CHRIS M. WOOD ¹, B. R. McMAHON ¹, and D. G. McDONALD ¹

¹ Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4

A wide range of respiratory, ventilatory, and cardiovascular parameters have been recorded under completely resting conditions in the starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus), a generally inactive benthic teleost. The results differ in a number of important respects from those of a previous study on the same species. The present data have also been compared with those reported for the active pelagic rainbow trout (Salmo gairdnen) and for other teleost species. Of particular note in the flounder, relative to the trout, are low arterial and venous P_oo2's, a low arterial-venous O₂ content difference, a low transfer factor and high diffusion gradient for O₂ across the gills, a high in vivo blood O₂ affinity, a high cardiac output and stroke volume accompanied by a low peripheral vascular resistance, a low ventilation volume, a low ventilation-perfusion ratio, and a low capacity-rate ratio for O₂ exchange at the gills. Parameters of CO₂ transport and acidbase regulation appear conventional, though blood CO₂ contents and lactate concentrations are low. The respiratory strategies of inactive versus active, and benthic versus pelagic teleosts are discussed.

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Present address: Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1.

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