Changes in blood respiratory properties and cardiovascular function during acute exposure to hypoxic water in an air-breathing teleost, Channa maculata

Changes in blood respiratory properties and cardiovascular function of Channa maculata are described in fish acutely exposed to water of different oxygen tensions. The oxygen dissociation curve of the blood was hyperbolic, and the blood had a high oxygen affinity (P50= 7.6 mm Hg at pH = 7.6) and a l...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of fish biology 1987-06, Vol.30 (6), p.749-760
Hauptverfasser: Yu, K. L., Woo, N. Y. S.
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Zusammenfassung:Changes in blood respiratory properties and cardiovascular function of Channa maculata are described in fish acutely exposed to water of different oxygen tensions. The oxygen dissociation curve of the blood was hyperbolic, and the blood had a high oxygen affinity (P50= 7.6 mm Hg at pH = 7.6) and a large Bohr coefficient. The persistently higher blood oxygen level in the dorsal aorta compared with that in the bulbus arteriosus regardless of the ambient oxygen tensions tends to support Ishimatsu and Itazawa's (1983) suggestion that oxygenated and deoxygenated blood could be. at least partially, separated in the heart of Channa. Acute exposure to hypoxic water induced insignificant changes in blood oxygen tension and saturation. However, bradycardia, hypotension, haemodilution and antidiuresis were observed in fish exposed to severely hypoxic (PO2≤ 30 mmHg) but not to moderately hypoxic (PO2= 50 mmHg) water. These data suggested that Channa maculala possessed adaptive blood respiratory properties and blood circulation pattern to allow the fish to take up oxygen from air without significant branchial oxygen loss to the surrounding hypoxic water.
ISSN:0022-1112
1095-8649
DOI:10.1111/j.1095-8649.1987.tb05804.x