科学家称气候变化可能导致鱼类萎缩
As the world's oceans heat up, salmon are migrating earlier. Plankton are shifting their range.
由于全球海洋升温，所以鲑鱼洄游的时间提前了。浮游生物也在改变它们的生存范围。But warmer water temperatures also mean warmer fish—and faster-running metabolisms.
而水温升高也意味着鱼类的体温升高，新陈代谢也会加快。"Fish that are in water of higher temperature have a higher metabolic rate, meaning they have to consume more oxygen," said Daniel Pauly, a fisheries scientist at the University of British Columbia.
英国哥伦比亚大学的渔业科学家丹尼尔·保利表示：“在高温水中生活的鱼类的新陈代谢率也较高，这表明它们要消耗更多氧气。”
"Because essentially the whole metabolism, all the chemical reactions in your body, are accelerated."
“因为从本质上说，体内整个新陈代谢和所有的化学反应都在加速。”
So, how about growing bigger gills to allow for more oxygen intake? Pauly did the physiological math, and concluded that bigger gills just won't do the job.
那要是通过长出更大的鱼鳃来摄入更多氧气呢？保利就此进行了生理学运算，结论是鱼鳃变大并不能吸入更多氧气。Because he says gills, being relatively two-dimensional, simply can't keep up with the three-dimensional growth of the rest of a fish's body.
他表示，因为相对来说鱼鳃的结构是平面的，而其它部位是立体的，所以鱼鳃变大跟不上身体增长的氧气需求。Instead, Pauly's calculations suggest that, to feed their increasing need for oxygen, fish of all kinds may actually shrink as a result of climate change.
相反，保利的计算表明，为了满足自身日益增长的氧气需求，所有鱼类的体型可能都会缩小，这就是气候变化造成的后果。With decreased supply, they'll need to lower demand. The study is in the journal Global Change Biology.
随着供给减少，它们的需求也会减少。这项研究结果发表在《全球变化生物学》期刊上。One more detail bears mentioning: that is the warmer water also holds less dissolved oxygen. "So the two effects, increased demand and the lowered supply are working towards making the fish smaller."
还有一个细节值得一提：水温升高会导致水中的溶解氧含量减少。“因此，需求增加和供给减少这两种因素共同作用，会使鱼类体型变小。”
