Table 4 Respiratory frequencies (gill cover movements) during clove-oil-induced anesthesia in the marine medaka, Oryzias dancena, in a simulated transport experiment

Exposuretime (hours) Dose (mgL-1)*
Control 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
6 128±5.77a 125±6.91b 117±5.64c 105±4.13d 98±6.22e 91±5.93f
12 135±4.48a 130±4.11b 123±6.13c 117±6.44d 106±7.41e 98±4.66f
18 129±5.31a 125±4.38b 114±5.55c 107±4.77d 98±5.58e 93±6.38f
24 125±3.75a 121±5.43b 112±6.72c 101±6.98d 96±5.81e 88±4.96f
30 117±6.75a 108±6.88b 101±7.42c 97±7.39d 88±6.13e 77±6.88f
36 110±5.13a 101±8.86b 99±4.99c 92±7.06d 84±3.65e 75±7.13f
42 109±4.39a 100±6.54b 98±5.61c 85±6.51d 81±4.09e 72±6.88f
48 108±5.81a 98±4.22b 96±6.75c 84±7.01d 79±6.12e 67±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).