Salinity effects on behavioural response to hypoxia in the non-native Mayan cichlid Cichlasoma urophthalmus from Florida Everglades wetlands

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1245-1258

  Schofield, P J ^a   Loftus, W F ^b   Fontaine, J A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Everglades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic surface respiration; Cichlidae; Dissolved oxygen; Ecophysiology; Non indigenous

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CICHLID; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; FLORIDA; SALINITY; WETLANDS;

CENTRARCHIDAE; CICHLASOMA UROPHTHALMUS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 64249172020     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02192.x     Document Type: Article

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