Responses by fishes to environmental hypoxia: integration through Fry's concept of aerobic metabolic scope
2016/01/01 by G. Claireaux, Guy Claireaux, D. Chabot +1 · 273 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Biology #Computer science #Ecology #Engineering #Environmental ethics #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Fishery #Hypoxia (environmental) #Limiting #Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses #Oxygen #Oxygen delivery #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Scope (computer science)
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/jfb.12833
published in Journal of Fish Biology 88(1), 232-251 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2016/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
The problem of understanding the effect of the environment on fish activities and performance, in any generalized way, remains intractable. Solving this issue is, however, a key to addressing contemporary environmental concerns. As suggested 20 years ago by W. H. Neill, the authors returned to the drawing board, using as a background the conceptual scheme initially proposed by F. E. J. Fry. They revisited the effect of ambient oxygen availability upon fish metabolism and clarified the definitions of limiting, critical and incipient lethal oxygen (ILO) levels. The concepts of oxy-conformer and oxy-regulator are revisited, and P. W. Hochachka's idea of scope for survival is explored. Finally, how the cardiovascular system contributes to the capacity of fishes to respond to the reduced oxygen availability is considered. Various hands-on recommendations and software (R scripts) are provided for researchers interested in investigating these concepts.
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