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Table 2 Animal condition (HSI= hepatosomatic index, CF=condition factor), and blood parameters of the Antarctic fish N. rossii

From: Metabolic shifts in the Antarctic fish Notothenia rossii in response to rising temperature and P CO2

Acclimation

      

T

P CO2

N

HSI

CF

Haematocrit

Lactate

Osmolarity

(°C)

(kPa)

    

(mmol*l-1)

(mOsm*l-1)

1

0.04

9

1.83±0.33

1.69±0.03

28±2

<0.8

436.8±9.5

7

0.04

9

0.91±0.04*

1.57±0.07

29±2

<0.8

373.8±15.7*

1

0.2

5

1.22±0.12

1.59±0.03

29±1

1.13±0.11

399.5±13.3

7

0.2

10

0.81±0.06*

1.5±0.03*

31±1

<0.8

390.0±8.6*

  1. Control: 1°C, 0.04 kPa CO2; warm normocapnia: 7°C, 0.04 kPa CO2; cold hypercapnia: 1°C, 0.2 kPa CO2; warm hypercapnia: 7°C, 0.2 kPa CO2.
  2. All values are given as means ± SEM. * indicate a significant difference to control conditions (t-test, p≤ 0.05).
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Frontiers in Zoology

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