Dear Elsa Amilhat,

The follwing paper gives dimensions of both water channels and blood
channels in fish gills as a function of size, principally in sea bass. I
have found it very useful.

Langille, B.L., Stevens, E.D., and Antantaraman, A. Cardiovascular and
respiratory flow dynamics. In: Fish Biodynamics, edited by Webb, P.W.
and Weihs, D.New York:Praeger Publishers, 1983,p. 92-139.

Best Wishes,
Ian

Ian Jenkinson
ACRO, France and
Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' di Napoli, Italy

zaza amiloua wrote:

> I would like to
> know if exists a valid relation between the fish size and the
> dimensions of
> its gills.
>

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