A Simple Method to Determine the O:N Ratio of Small Marine Animals
- 1 February 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 51 (1) , 105-109
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400006494
Abstract
INTRODUCTIONThe atomic ratio of oxygen-consumed to ammonia-nitrogen excreted by marine organisms (O:N ratio) is more conveniently and precisely determined with current analytical procedures than the respiratory quotient (R.Q.). When an organism is oxidizing protein exclusively the O: N ratio will be low, less than 7; it will be high when either fat or carbohydrate is oxidized.Keywords
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