The aim of study is to contribute to this knowledge-base by investigating the respiratory function, the metabolic rate and the difference of physiological responses un-der low water temperature (20℃→15℃) stress be-tween diploid and triploid far eastern catfish, Silurus asotus. During the 48 hrs of water temperature stress exposure time, the respiratory frequencies, CO₂ and NH₄+ concentrations of diploid had higher values than those of triploid (p<0.05). However, pH of triploid was higher than those of diploid (p<0.05), and oxygen consumption rate was not different between diploid and triploid (p>0.05). The level of plasma cortisol and plasma glucose of triploid was lower than those of the diploid (p<0.05). However, in case of lactic acid, there were not significant between triploid and diploid (p>0.05). These results suggest that diploid was more sensitive for low water temperature stress response than triploid in this species.

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• Hyo Bin Lee(Dept. of Fisheries Biology Center for Risk Assessment of Oceans and Fisheries Living Modified Organisms, Pukyong National University)
• Dong Soo Kim(Dept. of Marine Bio-Materials & Aquaculture, Pukyong National University)
• Hyun Woo Gil(Bio-Monitoring Center)
• In-Seok Park(Division of Marine Bioscience, College of Ocean Science and Technology, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) Corresponding Author