Are wild African lungfish obligate air breathers? Some evidence from radio telemetry

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-134

  Mlewa, C M ^a   Green, J M ^b   Dunbrack, R ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air breathing fishes; Aquatic respiration; Lake Baringo; Protopterus aethiopicus; Radio tagged lungfish

Indexed keywords

FISH; LABORATORY METHOD; OXYGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESPIRATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAKE BARINGO; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PISCES; PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS;

EID: 34249333858     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[131:AWALOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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