Rufus M. G. Wells

TL;DR: The plasma electrolytes, Na+, K+, Ca2+, Cl- and osmolarities had high values in capture-stressed big gamefish and the activity of the plasma enzymes alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminOTransferases, creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase suggested tissue disruptions following severe capture stress.

TL;DR: Responses of rainbow trout to handling and confinement stress were used to validate the efficacy of portable instruments for measuring blood glucose and lactate, and plasma protein and indicated a potential role for portable instruments in field and hatchery locations where relative rather than absolute values may be used to evaluate responses to stressors.

TL;DR: Onset of rigor development and muscle ATP depletion was delayed in unstressed fish and was more rapid in line-captured than exercised fish, suggesting that commercial users minimizing stress would maintain high flesh quality.

TL;DR: This chapter summarizes the progress in Antarctic fish physiology made over the past quarter century to indicate the exciting potential for further work, and to act as an introduction to new workers in the field.

TL;DR: The blood of seven Antarctic nototheniid species and representatives from three other families contained low haemoglobin concentrations compared with non-polar marine teleosts, and the possible functional significance of these findings was discussed in relation to the ecology of each species.