Responses of an Amazonian teleost, the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), to low pH in extremely soft water

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 658-670

  Wood, Chris M ^a,b   Wilson, Rod W ^a,c   Gonzalez, Richard J ^a,d   Patrick, Marjorie L ^a,e   Bergman, Harold L ^a,f   Narahara, Annie ^a,f   Val, Adalberto L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM;

EID: 0032215844     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515977     Document Type: Article

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