High swimming and metabolic activity in the deep‐sea eel Synaphobranchus kaupii revealed by integrated in situ and in vitro measurements

Bailey, David M.; Genard, Bertrand; Collins, Martin A.; Rees, Jean‐François; Unsworth, Susan K.; Battle, Emma J.V.; Bagley, Philip M.; Jamieson, Alan J.; Priede, Imants G.. 2005 High swimming and metabolic activity in the deep‐sea eel Synaphobranchus kaupii revealed by integrated in situ and in vitro measurements. Psychological and Biochemical Zoology, 78 (3). 335-346.

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Abstract/Summary

Several complementary studies were undertaken on a single species of deep-sea fish (the eel Synaphobranchus kaupii) within a small temporal and spatial range. In situ experiments on swimming and foraging behaviour, muscle performance, and metabolic rate were performed in the Porcupine Seabight, northeast Atlantic, alongside measurements of temperature and current regime. Deep-water trawling was used to collect eels for studies of animal distribution and for anatomical and biochemical analyses, including white muscle citrate synthase (CS), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), and pyruvate kinase (PK) activities. Synaphobranchus kaupii demonstrated whole-animal swimming speeds similar to those of other active deep-sea fish such as Antimora rostrata.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Date made live:	30 Jan 2018 17:04 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519167

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