Air-breathing during activity in the fishes Amia calva and Lepisosteus oculatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 943-948

  Farmer, C G ^a,b   Jackson, D C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Air breathing; Amia calva; Bowfin; Evolution; Gar; Lepisosteus oculatus; Lungs; Myocardial oxygenation; Osteichthyes

Indexed keywords

AMIA CALVA; LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031899397     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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