The gill oxygen limitation hypothesis remains unsupported by experimental evidence. Response to 'Testing mechanistic theories must be based on correct interpretations'

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003-9285, USA.
• ² National Research Council under contract to Fisheries Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, CA 92037-1508, USA.
• ³ Fisheries Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla 92037-1508, CA, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
• ⁵ US Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center at the S. O. Conte Research Laboratory, Turners Falls, MA 01376-1000, USA.