Oxygen transport capacity in the air-breathing fish, Megalops cyprinoides: Compensations for strenuous exercise

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-53

  Wells, R M G ^a   Baldwin, J ^b   Seymour, R S ^c   Baudinette, R V ^c   Christian, K ^d   Bennett, M B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Angling stress; Blood; Erythrocyte; Exercise; Fish; Hematocrit; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BREATHING; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE; FISH; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; TELEOST;

MEGALOPS ATLANTICUS; MEGALOPS CYPRINOIDES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0037223387     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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