title: Pressure resistance of aerobic metabolism in eels from different water environments.
abstract: Eels from different locations were tested comparing their energetic capacities to migrate by studying muscle (red and white) aerobic metabolism. As the migratory activity corresponds to a lengthy swimming activity at depth, their pressure resistance was evaluated by considering fish response to compression, mitochondrial respiration measured under pressure (101 ATA) and cytochrome c oxidase after 3 days under pressure. The results show that only fish from two of the sites have the metabolic capacities to cope with the high pressure encountered during migration.
authors.affiliation: Unité Haute Pression et Métabolisme (UHPM), Laboratoire de Physiologie, UFR Médecine, EA 2217, 22, Avenue C. Desmoulins, CS 93837, 29238 Brest Cedex, France. aurelie.vettier@univ-brest.fr
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vettier
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sébert