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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2005, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (12): 2435-2438.

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Oxygen consumption and ammonia-N excretion rates of Coelomactra antiquata

MENG Xueping1, DONG Zhiguo1, CHENG Hanliang1, LI Xiaoying2, LI Jiale 2   

  1. 1. Key Constructing Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, College of Oceanography, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Resources and Aquacultural Ecology of Agriculture Ministry, Shanghai Fisheries University, Shanghai 200090, China
  • Received:2005-02-21 Revised:2005-05-26 Online:2005-12-15 Published:2005-12-15

Abstract: With laboratory experiments,this paper studied the oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and ammonia-N excretion rate (NR) of Coelomactra antiquata at different levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) and water temperature.The results indicated that at 25 ℃ and 3.11±0.15 mg DO·L-1,C.antiquate had a comparatively stable OCR and NR,which maintained at 0.74±0.05 mg·g-1·h-1 and 2.56±0.05 μmol·g-1·h-1,respectively.When DO was lower than 3.11±0.15 mg·L-1,the metabolism of C.antiquate became abnormal,and its OCR was decreased with decreasing DO until suffocate,with a suffocate point 1.22±0.06 mg·L-1 at 25 ℃.The NR also declined with decreasing DO,which ceased later than oxygen consumption.There was a quadratic linear relationship between OCR and water temperature (OCR=-0.0027T2+0.1367T-0.9557,R2=0.9724).When water temperature was 25.3 ℃,the OCR arrived to its maximum value 0.77 mg·g-1·h-1.The O/N ratio at optimal temperature (15~20 ℃) was higher than that at low (10 ℃) and high temperature (25 ℃ and 30 ℃).To maintain its standard metabolism,C.antiquata consumed more fat under fit condition,while more protein under stress.

Key words: Coelomactra antiquata, Oxygen consumption rate, Ammonia-N excretion rate

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