Respiration Rates

Measurements of respiration rates of enclosed sediment, soil, biofilm, plant, animal, algae, plankton, fish, cell or microbial sample in a closed chamber (air-tight) with regulated temperature (water jacket or water bath for constant temperature).

Applicable Oxygen Sensor Types

• Robust Probes
• Fixed Needle-Type
• Sensor Spots
• Respiration Vials

Related Customer Reports

• Fish Respirometry 
• Comparative Physiology

Related Peer-Reviewed Publications

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All puffed out: do pufferfish hold their breath while inflated?
McGee and Clark, 2014, Biology Letters
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Relationship between oxygen concentration, respiration and filtration rate in blue mussel Mytilus edulis
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00343-018-6244-4
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Carbon Bioavailability in a High Arctic Fjord Influenced by Glacial Meltwater, NE Greenland
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