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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 295, Issue 5, Pages R1631-R1639Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90461.2008
Keywords
blood pressure; blood respiratory properties; cardiac output; hematocrit; hemoglobin; heart rate; blood plasma; rate of oxygen consumption; oxygen equilibrium curves; Pacific salmon; stroke volume; vascular resistance
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- National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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This study was undertaken to provide a comprehensive set of data relevant to disclosing the physiological effects and possible oxygen transport limitations in the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) during an acute temperature change. Fish were instrumented with a blood flow probe around the ventral aorta and catheters in the dorsal aorta and sinus venosus. Water temperature was progressively increased from 13 degrees C in steps of 4 degrees C up to 25 degrees C. Cardiac output increased from 29 to 56 ml center dot min(-1)center dot kg(-1) between 13 and 25 degrees C through an increase in heart rate (58 to 105 beats/min). Systemic vascular resistance was reduced, causing a stable dorsal aortic blood pressure, yet central venous blood pressure increased significantly at 25 degrees C. Oxygen consumption rate increased from 3.4 to 8.7 mg center dot min(-1 center dot)kg(-1) during the temperature increase, although there were signs of anaerobic respiration at 25 degrees C in the form of increased blood lactate and decreased pH. Arterial oxygen partial pressure was maintained during the heat stress, although venous oxygen partial pressure (PvO(2)) and venous oxygen content were significantly reduced. Cardiac arrhythmias were prominent in three of the largest fish (> 4 kg) at 25 degrees C. Given the switch to anaerobic metabolism and the observation of cardiac arrhythmias at 25 degrees C, we propose that the cascade of venous oxygen depletion results in a threshold value for PvO(2) of around 1 kPa. At this point, the oxygen supply to systemic and cardiac tissues is compromised, such that the oxygen-deprived and acidotic myocardium becomes arrhythmic, and blood perfusion through the gills and to the tissues becomes compromised.
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