According to this study, if the crayfish used in the lab were put in an environment different than the one from their acclimated temperature, the oxygen consumption rate would likely be higher at first and then would decrease significantly as they acquire a thermal equilibrium with their new environment. A similar study was done to analyze the study of metabolic compensation in response to altering temperature Opsansua tau (toadfish), (Haschemeyer, 1969). The data used in this study was variable due to…
However, fish can build up tolerances and can acclimate to different environments with varying oxygen levels (Prosser, C. L. et al, 1957). Through acclimation, the fish have developed tolerance to hypoxia and by its oxygen consumption as a function…
Once the experiment was completed, the results of the experiment were reviewed. The null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis, change in temperatures does effect goldfish respiration rate, was accepted. Goldfish are considered ectotherms which mean that their body temperature changes as their environment temperature changes (White and Campo 2015). Ectotherms have two aquatic ectotherm strategies they use to cope with cold temperatures. The goldfish in this experiment used the first strategy, which is to slow down their metabolism.…
Compensation is the maintenance of the levels of physiological processes, despite changes in temperature. This experiment was coordinated to determine whether crayfish will show metabolic compensation when acclimated to various temperatures. The findings of this study show that temperature had no effect on crayfish oxygen consumption. The oxygen consumption for both the warm and cold acclimated crayfish was almost the same, despite the opposite direction of the temperature change. The results of this study therefore support the hypothesis.…
The cockles were kept in a container with a 350ml of sea water at a temperature of 18 C to begin with. There was also an extra container with no cockles in as a control. The cockles were left untouched in the container for 20 minutes to allow them to acclimatise to the temperature. After the 20 minutes 50mL of phytoplankton (previously prepared in falcon tubes) was deposited into each container. The Phytoplankton was mixed well into the sea water.…
Brine Shrimp prefer their living environments to be high in salinity levels and temperature ranging from 77-86 degrees fahrenheit (Berg. 2004). Their preference of their environment goes hand in hand with my hypothesis that they like the extreme conditions,…
Our research question being addressed in this experiment is whether or not escalating the temperature of Daphnia magna's environment will greatly impact the expression of its haemoglobin gene. In addition, we also want to observe if there are negative consequences that can possibly occur from this escalating gene expression. This can also be linked to whether or not global warming has been affecting Daphnia, a primary and crucial source of food for many organisms in freshwater habitat, negatively. Our hypothesis for our experiment is that if there is an increase in temperature in the habitat of Daphnia magna, then there will be increased gene expression of the haemoglobin gene. Our main expected outcome, according to background information,…
This becomes even more important in a large tank. It's also very important that you maintain a fairly consistent temperature in your Betta fish's tank. Your fish won't handle extreme temperature…
Hypoxia is a period in which a particular body of water has a low available oxygen content.{2 } It is know that some species of Teleost fishes and turtles can undergo long periods of hypoxia in inland fresh cold waters, such as thirty minutes in Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss all the way up to five and a half months in Crusian Carp Carassius carassius. However it is largely believed that hypoxia tolerance decrease as temperature increases. {2.B} The ability to withstand hypoxia is seen as successful when the organism can withstand acute oxygen depletion without sustaining notable neuronal injury.…
Figure 1: The Effect of Species Type on Mass Specific Gill Arch Surface Area The sample size of our experiment was 4 groups (N=4). The height of the bars represent the average mass specific surface area for the four classes from whom the data was collected from, in cm2/kg. The first bar represents the average mass specific surface area for the species Scomber scombrus, or the Mackerel Fish. The second bar represents the average mass specific surface area for Merluccius bilinearis, or the Silver Hake, or whiting.…
For example, Brook trout need to be in 50℉ to 55℉. If there is a problem with the chiller there are extra cold 2-liter bottles so it can be poured into the tank so the fish can be at the desired temperature.…
This means, colder waters can hold more dissolved oxygen than warmer waters. But fish thrive in different temperatures. While some start to reproduce in the colder waters other start to in warmer waters. Warmer waters make the fish body “soft”, making them more susceptible to injuries and leads to more bacteria growth. Many bait fish can only thrive and live in much cooler temperatures,…
If homeostasis is disrupted, it can lead to a disease or disorder. The Black Tip Reef shark responds to changes in external temperatures by migrating south to warmer waters. They need to go where the temperature fits their needs, which…
The purpose of this experiment is determine if temperature affects the abundance of Cranefly larvae. The independent variable of this experiment is the temperature. This was shown by having 20 fish tanks all having different temperatures between 2℃ and 40℃. The dependent variable is the species which is Cranefly larvae.…
Changes in ocean temperature can affect what species…