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volume density. The instantaneous blood volume of the microcirculation
in locomotory muscles of icefish is quite similar to that found for other
teleosts, which argues strongly for a perfusion-limited system [20].
Similar arguments may be advanced for the vasculature of the gills and
skin [21,22].
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank the officers and crew of the PPS "Polarstem" and the
British Antarctic Survey for provision of specimens, and the Natural Environment
Research Council for support. Participation by lC.R. in the EPOS 3 cruise was
supported by the European Science Foundation, the Alfred-Wegener-Institut and
NERC. J.-C. Hureau assisted with identification of specimens. Scanning electron
microscopy was carried out in the School of Biological Sciences, University of
Wales, Bangor with skilled technical assistance by A. Davies. Acrifix was kindly
donated by A. Kunzmann.
References
1. Eastman JT (1993) Antarctic fish biology. Academic Press London
2. Egginton S, Cordiner S (1994) Effect of fixation protocols on muscle
preservation and in situ diffusion distances. J Fish BioI 47:59-69
3. Macdonald JA, Montgomery JC, Wells RMG (1987) Comparative
physiology of Antarctic fishes. Adv Mar Bioi 24:321-388
4. Hemmingsen EA, Douglas EL (1972) Respiratory and circulatory responses
in a haemoglobin-free fish, Chaenocephalus aceratus, to changes in
temperature and oxygen tension. Comp Biochem Physiol A 43: 1031-1043
5. Holeton GF (1970) Oxygen uptake and circulation by a hemoglobinless
Antarctic fish (Chaenocephalus aceratus Lonnberg) compared with three
red-blooded Antarctic fish. Comp Biochem PhysioI34:457-471
6. Rankin JC, Harrison B, Airey AC (1987) Branchial vascular anatomy in the
ice fish Chaenocephalus aceratus Lonnberg. Proc V Congr Europ Ichthyol,
Stockholm 1985, p 453
7. Egginton S, Rankin JC (1991) The vascular supply to skeletal muscle in
fishes with and without respiratory pigments. Int J Microcirc Clin Exp
10:396
8. Egginton S, Cordiner S (1997) Cold-induced angiogenesis in seasonally
acclimatized rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J Exp BioI 200:22632268
9. Stewart JB, Douglas EL (1973) Circulatory anatomy in the ice fish family
Chaenichthyidae. Antarct JUS 8:204-205
10. Satchell GH (1991) Physiology and form of fish circulation. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
S. Egginton and J.C. Rankin
volume density. The instantaneous blood volume of the microcirculation
in locomotory muscles of icefish is quite similar to that found for other
teleosts, which argues strongly for a perfusion-limited system [20].
Similar arguments may be advanced for the vasculature of the gills and
skin [21,22].
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank the officers and crew of the PPS "Polarstem" and the
British Antarctic Survey for provision of specimens, and the Natural Environment
Research Council for support. Participation by lC.R. in the EPOS 3 cruise was
supported by the European Science Foundation, the Alfred-Wegener-Institut and
NERC. J.-C. Hureau assisted with identification of specimens. Scanning electron
microscopy was carried out in the School of Biological Sciences, University of
Wales, Bangor with skilled technical assistance by A. Davies. Acrifix was kindly
donated by A. Kunzmann.
References
1. Eastman JT (1993) Antarctic fish biology. Academic Press London
2. Egginton S, Cordiner S (1994) Effect of fixation protocols on muscle
preservation and in situ diffusion distances. J Fish BioI 47:59-69
3. Macdonald JA, Montgomery JC, Wells RMG (1987) Comparative
physiology of Antarctic fishes. Adv Mar Bioi 24:321-388
4. Hemmingsen EA, Douglas EL (1972) Respiratory and circulatory responses
in a haemoglobin-free fish, Chaenocephalus aceratus, to changes in
temperature and oxygen tension. Comp Biochem Physiol A 43: 1031-1043
5. Holeton GF (1970) Oxygen uptake and circulation by a hemoglobinless
Antarctic fish (Chaenocephalus aceratus Lonnberg) compared with three
red-blooded Antarctic fish. Comp Biochem PhysioI34:457-471
6. Rankin JC, Harrison B, Airey AC (1987) Branchial vascular anatomy in the
ice fish Chaenocephalus aceratus Lonnberg. Proc V Congr Europ Ichthyol,
Stockholm 1985, p 453
7. Egginton S, Rankin JC (1991) The vascular supply to skeletal muscle in
fishes with and without respiratory pigments. Int J Microcirc Clin Exp
10:396
8. Egginton S, Cordiner S (1997) Cold-induced angiogenesis in seasonally
acclimatized rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J Exp BioI 200:22632268
9. Stewart JB, Douglas EL (1973) Circulatory anatomy in the ice fish family
Chaenichthyidae. Antarct JUS 8:204-205
10. Satchell GH (1991) Physiology and form of fish circulation. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.