Fick’s Diffusion Laws and Scaling of the Gill Surface Area and Oxygen Uptake in Fish

The oxygen consumption of adult fish (<i>Q</i>) is proportional to their body weight (<i>W</i>) raised to a power, estimated as the slope (<i>d<sub>Q</sub></i>) of a linear regression of log(<i>Q</i>) vs. log(<i>W</i>). Similarl...

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Main Authors: Daniel Pauly, Johannes Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
Series:Fishes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10/5/233
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