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Re: Low oxygen vs. high CO2

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Low oxygen vs. high CO2
From: George Booth <booth at frii_com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 14:18:39 -0600
In-Reply-To: <199809300748.DAA13978 at acme_actwin.com>

>Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:32:35 -0400
>From: "Christopher Coleman" <christopher.coleman at worldnet_att.net>
>I think 2.8ppm is pretty low and it showed in  _very_ rapid breathing of
>the SAEs ... but they still lived.  So I pose the question:  is it a
>reduction
>in the ABSOLUTE level of oxygen which bothers the fish or is it a reduction
>RELATIVE to the level their accustomed level?

If their physiology is anything like ours, it's relative. People living at
higher altitudes generate more red blood cells in response to reduced oygen
levels. We go back to "normal" after a few days at sea level. 


George Booth, Ft. Collins, Colorado (booth at frii_com)
  Back on-line! New URL! Slightly new look! Same good data! More to come! 
    http://www.frii.com/~booth/AquaticConcepts/

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