Transition in organ function during the evolution of air-breathing; insights from Arapaima gigas, an obligate air-breathing teleost from the Amazon

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1433-1438

  Brauner, C J ^a   Matey, V ^b   Wilson, J M ^c   Bernier, N J ^d   Val, A L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acid base balance; Air breathing; Arapaima gigas; Gas exchange; Gills; Ionoregulation; Kidney; Nitrogenous waste excretion; Osteoglossum bicirrhosum

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM);

ANIMAL; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FISH; GILL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FISHES; GILLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOCHONDRIA; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; RESPIRATION;

ANIMALIA; ARAPAIMA GIGAS; OSTEOGLOSSUM; OSTEOGLOSSUM BICIRRHOSUM; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 2342465618     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00887     Document Type: Review

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