Osmoregulation during the development of glass eels and elvers

• Main Authors: Birrell, L, Cramb, Gordon, Hazon, Neil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: eel; osmoregulation; drinking; development; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; ANGUILLA-ANGUILLA; EUROPEAN EEL; FRESH-WATER; DRINKING RATES; SEA-WATER; TEMPERATURE; SODIUM; FLATFISH; JAPONICA; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/osmoregulation-during-the-development-of-glass-eels-and-elvers(6cb58962-51da-4b74-8f51-5e65ad47143f).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033864879&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.academicpress.com/jfb

Drinking rates in glass eels and elvers of the European eel increased with environmental acclimation salinity from 0.07 +/- 0.02 (FW) to 0.70 +/- 0.09 mu l g(-1) h(-1) (SW) at month 1 and from 1.12 +/- 0.42 (FW) to 12.85 +/- 1.05 mu l g(-1) h(-1) (SW) at month 5. Drinking rates increased with time in both FW and SW groups. FW acclimated eels when challenged acutely with SW increased drinking rate rapidly immediately upon transfer (0-15 min) and the magnitude of this response increased with developmental time from month I to month 5, (C) 2000 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.