Standard metabolic rate models for Carmine Shiner (Notropis percobromus) and Common Shiner (Luxilus cornutus) across different temperature regimes.

Standard metabolic rates (SMR) were measured empirically for carmine shiner Notropis percobromus and common shiner Luxilus cornutus to develop SMR models that predict metabolic responses of each species under thermal conditions observed in the wild. SMR increased significantly with body mass and rising water temperature, ranging from 0.05 mg O h at 10°C to 0.

Using the shuttlebox experimental design to determine temperature preference for juvenile Westslope Cutthroat Trout ().

Temperature preference for various fishes has often been used as a proxy of optimal temperature for growth and metabolism due to the ease of obtaining preferred temperature zones in laboratory experiments. Several laboratory designs and methods have been proposed to examine preferred temperature zones, however, differences between them (i.e.