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Effects Of Electronic Cigarettes On The Standard Metabolic Rate Of Crayfish, Frank Shaffer
Effects Of Electronic Cigarettes On The Standard Metabolic Rate Of Crayfish, Frank Shaffer
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
This study aims to examine the relationship between e-cigarettes (both with nicotine and without) and the effects on the standard metabolic rates of crayfish. In this experiment, 42 crayfish were divided into three treatment groups and exposed to a designated solution of either a control solution or a solution containing e-cigarette (nicotine or non-nicotine) vapor. Their standard metabolic rates were then measured by using oxygen uptake as a proxy. The results of this experiment indicate that there is no statistically significant relationship between the use of electronic cigarettes and the standard metabolic rate of crayfish. However, this study can be …