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The Impacts Of Warming And Hypoxia On The Performance Of An Obligate Ram Ventilator, Daniel P. Crear, Richard Brill, Peter G. Bushnell, Robert J. Latour, Gail D. Schwieterman, Rachel M. Steffen, Kevin C. Weng
The Impacts Of Warming And Hypoxia On The Performance Of An Obligate Ram Ventilator, Daniel P. Crear, Richard Brill, Peter G. Bushnell, Robert J. Latour, Gail D. Schwieterman, Rachel M. Steffen, Kevin C. Weng
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Climate change is causing the warming and deoxygenation of coastal habitats like Chesapeake Bay that serve as important nursery habitats for many marine fish species. As conditions continue to change, it is important to understand how these changes impact individual species' behavioral and metabolic performance. The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) is an obligate ram-ventilating apex predator whose juveniles use Chesapeake Bay as a nursery ground up to 10 years of age. The objective of this study was to measure juvenile sandbar shark metabolic and behavioral performance as a proxy for overall performance (i.e. fitness or success) when exposed to warm …