A technique for the determination of the available oxygen in living carp (Cyprinus carpio) muscle.
A polarographic method for the measurement of the available oxygen in the muscle of living carp by the use of a platinum microelectrode is proposed. The oxygen and the reference electrodes were assembled in a single insertion piece which was implanted in the muscle of a living carp maintained in a special experimental chamber. Curves for normal oxygen levels corresponding to air-saturated water, as well as to a carbogene-saturated water, were obtained. The method can be considered adequate for the measurement of tissue oxygen in living fishes.
D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002347:Carps / Q000378:metabolism*; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011048:Polarography; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000032:analysis; D013696:Temperature
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D012965:Sodium Chloride