The determination of standard metabolic rate in fishes

D Chabot, JF Steffensen, AP Farrell - Journal of Fish Biology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
This review and data analysis outline how fish biologists should most reliably estimate the
minimal amount of oxygen needed by a fish to support its aerobic metabolic rate (termed …

Fish cardiorespiratory physiology in an era of climate change

AP Farrell, EJ Eliason, E Sandblom… - Canadian Journal of …, 2009‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
This review examines selected areas of cardiovascular physiology where there have been
impressive gains of knowledge and indicates fertile areas for future research. Because …

A self-propelled biohybrid swimmer at low Reynolds number

BJ Williams, SV Anand, J Rajagopalan… - Nature …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Many microorganisms, including spermatozoa and forms of bacteria, oscillate or twist a hair-
like flagella to swim. At this small scale, where locomotion is challenged by large viscous …

Human induced pluripotent stem cell-based platform for modeling cardiac ischemia

M Häkli, J Kreutzer, AJ Mäki, H Välimäki, H Lappi… - Scientific reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Ischemic heart disease is a major cause of death worldwide, and the only available therapy
to salvage the tissue is reperfusion, which can initially cause further damage. Many …

Hypoxia tolerance in animals: biology and application

TA Gorr, D Wichmann, J Hu… - Physiological and …, 2010‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Many invertebrates and ectothermic vertebrates successfully cope with a fluctuating supply
of ambient oxygen—and consequently, a highly variable tissue oxygenation—through …

The anoxia-tolerant crucian carp (Carassius carassius L.)

M Vornanen, JAW Stecyk, GE Nilsson - Fish physiology, 2009‏ - Elsevier
The crucian carp is probably the most anoxia-tolerant fish there is, surviving without oxygen
for days to months depending on temperature. The anoxia tolerance has evolved in …

Mitochondria from anoxia-tolerant animals reveal common strategies to survive without oxygen

GLJ Galli, JG Richards - Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2014‏ - Springer
The mitochondrion plays a critical role in the development of Oxygen (O 2)-related diseases.
While research has predominantly focused on hypoxia-sensitive mammals as surrogates for …

Developmental programming of DNA methylation and gene expression patterns is associated with extreme cardiovascular tolerance to anoxia in the common …

I Ruhr, J Bierstedt, T Rhen, D Das, SK Singh… - Epigenetics & …, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Environmental fluctuation during embryonic and fetal development can
permanently alter an organism's morphology, physiology, and behaviour. This phenomenon …

Hypoxia performance curve: assess a whole-organism metabolic shift from a maximum aerobic capacity towards a glycolytic capacity in fish

Y Zhang, BE So, AP Farrell - Metabolites, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The utility of measuring whole-animal performance to frame the metabolic response to
environmental hypoxia is well established. Progressively reducing ambient oxygen (O2) will …

Phospholamban and cardiac function: a comparative perspective in vertebrates

MC Cerra, S Imbrogno - Acta physiologica, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Phospholamban (PLN) is a small phosphoprotein closely associated with the cardiac
sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Dephosphorylated PLN tonically inhibits the SR C a‐ATP ase …