200


Table 17. Calculated respiration rates for different length classes
of Mosquitofish.


Length Class
 mm


Calculated Respiration Rate
mg 02 /mg dry weight fish


5.57
5.03
4.55
4.11
3.71
3.35
3.03
2.73
2.47
2.23
2.02
1.82
1.65
1.49
1.34
1.21
1.10
0.99
0.89


from von Bertalanffy's
coefficients for a simi


(1951) equation: a
lar-sized species.


Wb using Hoss' (1968)
W is wet weight.


bln respiration, oxygen consumed (mg) is approximately equal to
organic matter consumed (mg dry weight).