Journal
INLAND WATER BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 400-404Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S1995082916040131
Keywords
freshwater teleosts; pH; digestive tract; temperature
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- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [14-04-32331 mol_a]
- Federal Fundamental Scientific Research Program [VI.51.1.5]
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The pH values are determined in the digestive tract of nine fish species in Lake Chany (West Siberia). Seasonal changes in pH values are found along the intestine of fish. Intestinal pH values decrease in summer as the temperature rises and increase during the cold season as the temperature drops. The hypothesis has been advanced that temperature-dependent pH changes in the intestine may serve as a regulatory mechanism that maintains the activity of hydrolytic enzymes at the level required for successful digestive processes due to some adaptive modifications of the medium where these enzymes operate.
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