Table 3. Novel environment-related stress-induced metabolic changes.
| Species | Initial MR (mg O2/h) |
Final MR (mg O2/h) |
Relative MR | Recovery time (h) |
EPOC (mg O2) |
Relative EPOC |
| MR: Metabolic rate; Relative MR: Ratio between maximum MR and minimum MR; EPOC: Excess post-stress oxygen consumption; Relative EPOC: Ratio of EPOC to basal oxygen consumption during MR recovery period. Each value represents mean±standard error (SE), and different superscripts (a, b, c) indicate significant interspecific differences (P<0.05). | ||||||
| T. longibarbata | 0.191±0.023c | 0.032±0.006b | 2.8±0.4bc | 1.30±0.39 | 0.037±0.013b | 0.200±0.085 |
| T. jiarongensis | 0.136±0.019c | 0.025±0.006b | 2.8±0.3bc | 2.04±0.59 | 0.023±0.008b | 0.168±0.043 |
| T. rosa | 0.475±0.070b | 0.075±0.016ab | 2.6±0.3c | 1.83±0.31 | 0.132±0.034b | 0.277±0.090 |
| T. nasobarbatula | 0.366±0.041bc | 0.042±0.006b | 6.0±1.1a | 1.95±0.39 | 0.185±0.042ab | 0.745±0.203 |
| T. dongsaiensis | 0.343±0.022bc | 0.039±0.003b | 6.3±0.4a | 1.98±0.29 | 0.095±0.012b | 0.497±0.091 |
| T. bleekeri | 0.868±0.074a | 0.114±0.018a | 5.4±0.7ab | 1.43±0.19 | 0.327±0.069a | 0.545±0.111 |