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Table 1.

Blood and plasma volumes, flow rates, washout times and turnover rates of the primary and secondary circulation in Atlantic cod Gadus morhua

Parameter	Unit	Value (mean ± S.D.)
Plasma volume of the PCS, VP_PCS	ml 100 g^-1 BM	3.42±0.89
Blood volume of the PCS, VB_PCS	ml 100 g^-1 BM	4.35±1.10
Plasma volume of the SCS, VP_SCS	ml 100 g^-1 BM	1.68±0.35
Total plasma volume VP	ml 100 g^-1 BM	5.10±1.17
Total blood volume VB	ml 100 g^-1 BM	6.03±1.30
Plasma volume ratio
Secondary:primary		0.51±0.14
Secondary:total		0.33±0.06
Blood volume ratio
Secondary:primary		0.40±0.11
Fractional change
(k_out)	min^-1	0.0019±0.0003
(k_out)	h^-1	0.1124±0.0194
Plasma flow rate
Primary→secondary	ml min^-1 kg^-1	0.31±0.19
Secondary→primary	ml min^-1 kg^-1	0.28±0.19
Secondary→out	ml min^-1 kg^-1	0.03±0.01
Time for 50% disappearance from PCS	h	8.22±4.36
Time for 75% disappearance from PCS	h	26.61±9.77
Turnover time for plasma in the SCS	h	1.43±0.94

Parameter	Unit	Value (mean ± S.D.)
Plasma volume of the PCS, VP_PCS	ml 100 g^-1 BM	3.42±0.89
Blood volume of the PCS, VB_PCS	ml 100 g^-1 BM	4.35±1.10
Plasma volume of the SCS, VP_SCS	ml 100 g^-1 BM	1.68±0.35
Total plasma volume VP	ml 100 g^-1 BM	5.10±1.17
Total blood volume VB	ml 100 g^-1 BM	6.03±1.30
Plasma volume ratio
Secondary:primary		0.51±0.14
Secondary:total		0.33±0.06
Blood volume ratio
Secondary:primary		0.40±0.11
Fractional change
(k_out)	min^-1	0.0019±0.0003
(k_out)	h^-1	0.1124±0.0194
Plasma flow rate
Primary→secondary	ml min^-1 kg^-1	0.31±0.19
Secondary→primary	ml min^-1 kg^-1	0.28±0.19
Secondary→out	ml min^-1 kg^-1	0.03±0.01
Time for 50% disappearance from PCS	h	8.22±4.36
Time for 75% disappearance from PCS	h	26.61±9.77
Turnover time for plasma in the SCS	h	1.43±0.94

PCS, primary circulatory system; SCS, secondary circulatory system; BM,body mass.