title: Blood respiratory properties of the mudsucker fish Labeo capensis (Smith).
abstract: For Labeo capensis (Smith) the increase in blood organic phosphates (ATP, GTP) in winter fish exceeds the increase in summer fish. Blood chlorides, blood osmotic pressure, hematocrit and hemoglobin concentration decrease significantly in winter fish when compared to summer fish. Four effectors, viz. temperature, organic phosphates, H+ and Cl-, could lower the oxygen affinity of whole blood, especially in summer fish.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: van Aardt
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Frey
mesh_terms: D019794:2,3-Diphosphoglycerate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood*; D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000097:blood*; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000097:blood; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010313:Partial Pressure; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids; D006454:Hemoglobins; D019794:2,3-Diphosphoglycerate; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D010100:Oxygen