Scaling effects on hypoxia tolerance in the Amazon fish Astronotus ocellatus (Perciformes: Cichlidae): Contribution of tissue enzyme levels

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Almeida Val, V M F ^a   Val, A L ^a   Duncan, W P ^a   Souza, F C A ^a   Paula Silva, M N ^a   Land, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Astronotus; Cichlids; Enzyme scaling; Hypoxia survivorship

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FISH; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH; HYPOXIA; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ASTRONOTUS; ASTRONOTUS OCELLATUS; CICHLIDAE; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0034020203     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00172-8     Document Type: Article

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