Oxygen consumption in weakly electric Neotropical fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 502-511

  Julian, David ^a   Crampton, William G R ^a   Wohlgemuth, Stephanie E ^a   Albert, James S ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Electric fish; Electric organ discharge; Gymnotiforms; Metabolism; Scan swimming

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GYMNOTIFORMES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GYMNOTIFORMES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; ELECTRIC FISH; GYMNOTIFORMES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345099456     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1368-3     Document Type: Article

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