Juvenile salmon with high standard metabolic rates have higher energy costs but can process meals faster.
Proc Biol Sci
; 276(1664): 2103-8, 2009 Jun 07.
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| ID: mdl-19324750
ABSTRACT
Basal or standard metabolic rate (SMR) has been found to exhibit substantial intraspecific variation in a range of taxa, but the consequences of this variation are little understood. Here we explore how SMR is related to the energy cost of processing food, known as apparent specific dynamic action or the heat increment of feeding. Using juvenile Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, we show that fishes with a higher SMR had a higher peak and a greater total energy expenditure when digesting a given size of meal. However, the duration over which their metabolism was elevated after consuming the meal was shorter. The greater energy costs they incur for processing food may be related to their assimilation efficiency. These relationships are likely to have implications for feeding strategies and growth rates, since individuals with a higher SMR have higher routine costs of living but recover more quickly following feeding and so may have a greater potential for processing food.
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Assunto principal:
Salmão
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Metabolismo Basal
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Digestão
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Metabolismo Energético
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article