TY - JOUR T1 - Preliminary Study on Rate of Oxygen Consumption and Determination of Dissolved Oxygen Required for Transport of Freshwater Shark Wallago attu (Schin) AU - Chandra, Suresh AU - , S.K. Singh AU - , S. Das Gupta AU - , S.K. Sahoo JO - Journal of Fisheries International VL - 6 IS - 5 SP - 84 EP - 86 PY - 2011 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1817-3381 DO - jfish.2011.84.86 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jfish.2011.84.86 KW - Wallago attu KW -oxygen uptake KW -transportation KW -weight KW -relation KW -India AB - Oxygen uptake by one day fasted juveniles of Wallago attu in relation to their body weight was studied in three different concentration of dissolved oxygen, i.e., Saturated (SW), DO 7.6-6.8 ppm, nearly Normoxic (NW) 6.8-4.4 ppm and Hypoxic (HW) 2.5-0.9 ppm at a temperature of 28±1°C in laboratory. With an average body weight of 155 g, oxygen consumption rate was 510.6 and 266.7 mg/kg/h and 120 mg/kg/mL, respectively in three oxygen concentrations. In another group of fishes with an average body weight of 190 g the uptake of oxygen was 492.0 ppm, 263 and 78.88 mg/kg/h, respectively. With an average body weight of 172 g of juveniles, mean rate of oxygen consumption in a DO range of 7.6-4.4 ppm was measured 388.12 mg/kg/h. ER -