EDIS (Oct 2020)

Dissolved Oxygen for Fish Production

  • Ruth Francis-Floyd

DOI
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fa002-1992
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020, no. 5

Abstract

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This document is about dissolved oxygen (DO). DO refers to oxygen gas that is dissolved in water. Fish "breathe" oxygen just as land animals do. However, fish are able to absorb oxygen directly from the water into their bloodstream using gills, whereas land animals use lungs to absorb oxygen from the atmosphere. First published in 1992.

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