Stereological estimation of the surface area and oxygen diffusing capacity of the respiratory stomach of the air-breathing armored catfish pterygoplichthys anisitsi (Teleostei: Loricariidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 601-614

  Da Cruz, André Luis ^a   Pedretti, Ana Carolina Elias ^a   Fernandes, Marisa Narciso ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Barrier thickness; Oxygen diffusion capacity; Stomach; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CATFISH; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH; STOMACH MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CATFISHES; DIFFUSION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOMACH;

LORICARIIDAE; MAMMALIA; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 66649122346     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10708     Document Type: Article

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