Hypoxic environments as refuge against predatory fish in the Amazonian floodplains

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-50

  Anjos, M B ^a   De Oliveira, R R ^a   Zuanon, J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Dissolved oxygen; Hypoxia; Piscivory

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAZIL; FISHES; OXYGEN; RIVERS;

PISCES;

EID: 43649100295     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842008000100007     Document Type: Article

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