Can hypoxia tolerance explain differences in distribution of two co-occurring north temperate sunfishes?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Farwell, Michelle ^a,b   Fox, Michael G ^a   Moyes, Christopher D ^c   Burness, Gary ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic capacity; Competition; Lactate dehydrogenase; Muscle; Winterkill

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; PERCIFORM; TOLERANCE;

CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 33845682568     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9079-3     Document Type: Article

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