Table 7 Respiratory frequencies (gill cover movements) during lidocaine-HCl-induced anesthesia in the marine medaka, Oryzias dancena, in a simulated transport experiment
Exposuretime (hours) | Dose (mgL-1)* |
Control | 20 | 40 | 60 | 80 | 100 |
6 | 127±5.57a | 124±6.76b | 116±5.64c | 104±4.13d | 98±7.25e | 92±5.93f |
12 | 134±4.67a | 129±4.25b | 121±6.13c | 115±6.44d | 106±8.14e | 97±4.66f |
18 | 127±5.77a | 123±4.86b | 112±5.55c | 106±4.77d | 98±6.76e | 91±6.38f |
24 | 124±3.16a | 118±5.36b | 109±6.72c | 100±6.98d | 96±6.11e | 87±4.96f |
30 | 116±6.19a | 107±6.64b | 100±7.42c | 94±7.39d | 88±5.12e | 75±6.88f |
36 | 109±5.76a | 100±8.27b | 98±4.99c | 90±7.06d | 85±6.78e | 74±7.13f |
42 | 105±4.09a | 97±6.86b | 96±5.61c | 83±6.51d | 80±7.12e | 71±6.88f |
48 | 100±5.14a | 98±4.27b | 94±6.75c | 80±7.01d | 78±8.20e | 66±5.43f |
* Each value is the mean±standard deviation (n = 60) of triplicate experiments. Values in the same column not sharing common superscripts are significantly different among doses (P<0.05).