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Anaemia adjusts the aerobic physiology of snapper (Pagrus auratus) and modulates hypoxia avoidance behaviour during oxygen choice presentations by Cook, Denham G, Wells, Rufus M G, Herbert, Neill A

“…The effect of altered oxygen transport potential on behavioural responses to environmental hypoxia was tested experimentally in snapper, Pagrus auratus,…”
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Continuous measurement of oxygen tensions in the air-breathing organ of Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides) in relation to aquatic hypoxia and exercise by Seymour, Roger S, Farrell, Anthony P, Christian, Keith, Clark, Timothy D, Bennett, Michael B, Wells, Rufus M. G, Baldwin, John

“…The Pacific tarpon is an elopomorph teleost fish with an air-breathing organ (ABO) derived from a physostomous gas bladder. Oxygen partial pressure (PO₂) in…”
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Energetics and metabolism of yellowtail kingfish ( Seriola lalandi Valenciennes 1833) during embryogenesis by Moran, Damian, Gara, Brendan, Wells, Rufus M.G.

“…A study was undertaken to measure changes in oxygen consumption and metabolite concentration (ammonia, free amino acids, glucose, glycogen, ninhydrin positive…”
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Characterization of the hemoglobins of the Australian lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft) by Rasmussen, Jonas R., Wells, Rufus M.G., Henty, Kristen, Clark, Timothy D., Brittain, Thomas

“…We examined for the first time the hemoglobin components of the blood of the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri and their functional responses to pH…”
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Whole Blood–Oxygen Binding Properties of Four Cold‐Temperate Marine Fishes: Blood Affinity Is Independent of pH‐Dependent Binding, Routine Swimming Performance, and Environmental Hypoxia by Herbert, Neill A., Skov, Peter V., Wells, Rufus M. G., Steffensen, John F.

“…The relationship between whole blood–oxygen affinity (P50) and pH‐dependent binding (i.e., cooperativity and the Bohr [Φ] and Root effects) was examined…”
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Ontogenetic scaling of fish metabolism in the mouse-to-elephant mass magnitude range by Moran, Damian, Wells, Rufus M.G.

“…Intraspecific or ontogenetic analyses of mass-metabolism relationships do not often conform to the same allometric correlations as those seen in interspecific…”
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A difference in optomotor behaviour of two antarctic nototheniid fishes is correlated with the presence of a choroid rete mirabile and Root effect by HERBERT, Neill A, MACDONALD, John A, WELLS, Rufus M. G, DAVISON, William

“…The hypothesis that fish vision is influenced by the presence of a choroid rete mirabile (an oxygen-concentrating apparatus in the eye) and the Root effect was…”
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Characterization of the hemoglobins of the neonatal brushtailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr): evidence for a highly cooperative, aggregated isoform of hemoglobin by Henty, Kristen, Wells, Rufus M G, Brittain, Thomas

“…The red blood cells of the neonatal brushtailed possum exhibit unusually strong cooperativity at high levels of oxygen saturation (n=5.4) which appear to arise…”
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Characterization of the hemoglobins of the adult brushtailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr) reveals non-genetic heterogeneity by Henty, Kristen, Wells, Rufus M.G., Brittain, Thomas

“…The hemoglobins contained within the red blood cells of the adult brushtail possum exhibited cooperative ( n = 2.6) oxygen binding curves with an associated p…”
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Fish hypnosis: Induction of an atonic immobility reflex by Wells, Rufus M. G., McNeil, Heather, MacDonald, John A.

“…An immobility reflex may be induced in fish by a vigorous flow of water through the branchial chamber. The reflex was observed in 22 species representing bony…”
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Free Amino Acid and Nucleotide Concentrations in New Zealand Abalone (Paua), Haliotis iris, Fed Casein-Based, Macroalgal, or Wild Diets by Bewick, Michael D., Wells, Rufus M. G., Wong, Ron J

“…Paua (Haliotis iris) were fed either a commercial casein-based diet, macroalgae, or were fasted. The meat quality of these animals was evaluated over a period…”
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Low stress response exhibited by juvenile yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi Valenciennes) exposed to hypercapnic conditions associated with transportation by Moran, Damian, Wells, Rufus M.G, Pether, Stephen J

“…Transportation of yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi Valenciennes) juveniles from hatchery to on-growing operations in New Zealand exposes the fish to…”
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Low Stress Response Exhibited by Juvenile Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola Ialandi Valenciennes) exposed to Hypercapnic Conditions Associated with Transpotation by Moran, Damian, Wells, Rufus M G, Pether, Stephen

“…Low stress response exhibited by juvenile yellowtail kingfish exposed to hypercapnic conditions associated with transportation was studied. The rapid increase…”
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Oxygen consumption and enzyme activity of the subtidal flat oyster (Ostrea chilensis) and intertidal Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas): Responses to temperature and starvation by Dunphy, Brendon J., Wells, Rufus M.G., Jeffs, Andrew G.

“…Intertidal Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and subtidal flat oysters (Ostrea chilensis) were held at 10, 15, or 20°C without food for 16 weeks. Rates of…”
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Blood oxygen transport, rheology and haematological responses to confinement stress in diploid and triploid Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar by Sadler, Joanne, Wells, Rufus M.G, Pankhurst, Patricia M, Pankhurst, Ned W

“…Diploid and triploid all-female Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) smolts were challenged with 2.5 h of confinement stress in aerated seawater. Subsequent stress…”
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The influence of diet and gastrointestinal fermentation on key enzymes of substrate utilization in marine teleost fishes by Willmott, Megan E., Clements, Kendall D., Wells, Rufus M.G.

“…Three closely related marine teleosts with similar size, swimming mode, and habitat preference were compared to test the hypothesis that energy metabolism is…”
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Correlates of choroid rete development with the metabolic potential of various tropical reef fish and the effect of strenuous exercise on visual performance by Herbert, Neill A, Wells, Rufus M.G, Baldwin, John

“…It is hypothesised that the transport of oxygen to the retinal cells of fish with Root effect haemoglobins (Hb) is impaired by strenuous exercise due to a…”
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Thermal constraints on glycolytic metabolism in the New Zealand abalone, Haliotis iris: the role of tauropine dehydrogenase by Hickey, Anthony J. R., Wells, Rufus M. G.

“…Black-foot abalone, Haliotis iris, were sampled from two populations in warm northern waters, and from two in colder southern waters. Abalone muscle is…”
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Antarctic Fish Biology: Evolution in a Unique Environment by Wells, Rufus M. G., Eastman, J. T.

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A comparison of metabolic stress during air exposure in two species of New Zealand abalone, Haliotis iris and Haliotis australis: implications for the handling and shipping of live animals by Wells, Rufus M.G., Baldwin, John

“…Anaerobic metabolism in New Zealand blackfoot and yellowfoot abalone, Haliotis iris and Haliotis australis, is supported by specific pyruvate reductase enzymes…”
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