Blood and Muscle Characteristics of Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata) and Brown Smoothhound (Mustelus henlei)
Setka JD, Cech JJ, Colonial Water Bird Society. 1994. Blood and Muscle Characteristics of Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata) and Brown Smoothhound (Mustelus henlei). California Fish and Game. 80(3):89-96
Leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata) and brown smoothhounds (Mustelus henlei) were caught in the same gill net sets in Tomales Bay, California. Hematological values of both species resembled those of other ectothermic sharks. Total length, hematocrit, total hemoglobin concentration, plasma protein concentration, and red:white muscle ratio did not vary between species. However, leopard shark erythrocytes were smaller and more numerous than brown smoothhound erythrocytes (P < 0.05). Smaller erythrocytes should confer an O sub(2)-transport advantage during aerobic swimming to the leopard shark.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Setka, J; Cech, J; Colonial Water Bird Society
- Units
- PORE
- Keywords
- biochemical analysis, Biochemistry, biophysics; Vertebrates, Blood, California, Cephalochordates , Dissolved Oxygen, Environmental Regime Marine, hematology, INE, muscles, Mustelus henlei, Physiology, Tomales Bay ER, Triakis semifasciata, Urochordates, USA