title: Time domains of the hypoxic cardio-respiratory response in bowfin (Amia calva).
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether time domains exist in the hypoxic ventilatory (HVR) and cardiac responses (HCR) of bowfin (Amia calva), a facultative air breather, exposed to sustained hypoxia (SH) (26mmHg at 8°C or 45mmHg at 22°C). It was hypothesized that time domains would be evident in the HVR and HCR of bowfin when denied access to air during SH, as have been reported in mammals. It was also hypothesized that they would not be present in bowfin with access to air during SH because their oxygen supply should not be limited due to air breathing. Bowfin without access to air during SH exhibited time domains of the HVR and some time domains of the HCR. As hypothesized, bowfin with access to air did not exhibit time dependent changes in the gill breathing, air breathing, or cardiac responses to SH. The extent to which these reflect homologous processes to those underlying time domains in mammals remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4. Electronic address: ciuhandu@zoology.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Cosima S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Porteus
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1. Electronic address: patwrigh@uoguelph.ca.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4. Electronic address: milsom@zoology.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: William K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Milsom
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D005880:Gills / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012119:Respiration; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Acclimatization to hypoxia; Facultative air breather; Hypoxic cardiac response; Hypoxic ventilatory response; Sustained hypoxia; Time domains