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Table 1.

Comparison of oxygen uptake rates obtained on buried sandeels versus those obtained from a conventional resting respirometer

	N	Oxygen uptake rate (mg O₂ kg^-1 h^-1)
Present study
Method 1	3	28.8±7.8
Method 2	3	34.5±2.1
Method 3	3	36.0±3.0
Behrens and Steffensen^*	7	71.7±12.2

	N	Oxygen uptake rate (mg O₂ kg^-1 h^-1)
Present study
Method 1	3	28.8±7.8
Method 2	3	34.5±2.1
Method 3	3	36.0±3.0
Behrens and Steffensen^*	7	71.7±12.2

All values are mean ± s.d. for fish of 3 g body mass.

(Behrens and Steffensen,2006).