Heat transfer and thermoregulation in the largemouth blackbass (Micropterus salmoides)

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7126189

Erskine, D J; Spotila, J R

We have approached the problem by examining temperature response from the viewpoint of the effects of the physical environment on the fish. Instead of focusing on the physiological processes within the organism we began by considering the constraints placed on the internal processes of the fish by its physical environment. Our objective was to define the mechanisms of heat exchange between a freshwater fish and its environment and thereby describe the steady-state energy balance for the fish. In this study we derived a heat energy budget equation for a fish and made experimental determinations of heat transfer coefficients for fish in still and moving water.

• Research Organization: State Univ. Coll., Buffalo, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-S-02-2502
• OSTI ID: 7126189
• Report Number(s): COO-2502-10; CONF-7606122-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY TEMPERATURE
CONTROL
ENERGY BALANCE
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUATIONS
FISHES
HEAT TRANSFER
PHYSIOLOGY
POLLUTION
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
THERMAL POLLUTION
VERTEBRATES