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A simple and inexpensive apparatus for measuring fish metabolism
Martin Bolduc1, Simon Lamarre, Pierre Rioux
1Département de Biologie, de Chimie et des Sciences de la Santé, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec G5L 3A1, Canada.
Advances in Physiology Education
|May 29, 2002
Abstract:
A simple, noninvasive, and economical home-made respirometer has been used to determine the standard metabolism of goldfish. The apparatus has been tested on several fishes and has proved its accuracy in determining a mass effect on standard metabolism. The apparatus can be made easily by middle school, high school, and undergraduate students and can be used to introduce them to basic concepts in animal physiology and in biological statistics.