[Metabolic aspects of temperature adaptation by fish]

During 8-hour acclimation to changes in the water temperature by 10 degrees within the range of 20-30 degrees C the metabolic compensation of the temperature effects in the carp liver mitochondria is manifested at the level of thermogenesis, activity of succinate dehydrogenase and rate of oxidative phosphorylation. No temperature compensation is found for the activity of cytochromoxidase, ATPase, rate of nonphosphorylating oxidation, content of ATP, phosphorus and calcium in the mentioned organelles.