Metabolism By T. Ikeda, J.J. Torres, S. Hernández-León and S. P. Geiger

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Contents Review 10.1 Oxygen consumption as an index of metabolism - Conversion of oxygen to carbon and calorific units 10.2 Nitrogen and phosphorous metabolism 10.3 Measuring metabolic rate on live zooplankton - Technical problems - Body size and temperature as bases of metabolic comparison - Metabolic quotients 10.4 Metabolic rate and enzymatic indices - ETS activity - Enzymes of intermediary metabolism - Potential sources of error 10.5 Concluding remarks Practice 10.6 Collection and handling of zooplankton 10.7 Respiration - Oxygen consumption – Winkler titration - Oxygen consumption – electrodes - Enzymatic method – electron transfer system - Enzymatic method – lactate deshydrogenase and citrate synthase 10.8 Excretion - Single end-point method - Time course method - Ammonia and inorganic phosphate analysis 10.9 References Top of the Document Questions Top of the Document Comments and corrections Equation in table 10.2, chapter 10. Metabolism. By T. Ikeda Top of the Document New Protocols Top of the Document