The effects of acute hypoxia and hypercapnia on oxygen consumption of the freshwater European eel

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 759-769

  Cruz Neto, A P ^a,b   Steffensen, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; aquaculture; European freshwater eel; hypercapnia; hypoxia; oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031127227     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0337     Document Type: Article

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