Morphological and physiological correlates of evolutionary reduction of metabolic rate among amblyopsid cave fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 239-249

  Poulson, Thomas L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopsis rosae; Amblyopsis spelaea; Brain and muscle tissue metabolic rate; Cave adaptation; Chologaster agassizi; Chologaster cornuta; Convergent and parallel evolution; Deep sea fishes; Gill area; Thyroid activity estimates; Typhlichthys subterraneus; Ventilation rate and amplitude

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; EVOLUTION; FISH; METABOLISM;

EID: 0034760196     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011821107820     Document Type: Article

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