The effects of temperature on oxygen uptake, gill ventilation and ECG-waveforms in the nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 283-290

  Maricondi Massari, M ^a   Kalinin, A L ^a   Glass, M L ^b   Rantin, F T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acclimation; ECG; Gill ventilation; Heart rate; O2 extraction; O2 uptake; Oreochromis niloticus; QRS amplitude and duration; T wave amplitude; Temperature; Tilapia; Ventricular action potential duration; Water convection requirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032190870     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(98)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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