The mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri respires more efficiently on land than in water and vice versa for Boleophthalmus boddaerti

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-90

  Kok, W K ^a   Lim, C B ^a   Lam, T J ^a   Ip, Y K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLEOPHTHALMUS BODDAERTI; PERIOPHTHALMODON SCHLOSSERI;

EID: 0031984332     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980101)280:1<86::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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