Gill morphometrics in relation to gas transfer and ram ventilation in high-energy demand teleosts: Scombrids and billfishes

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-49

  Wegner, Nicholas C ^a   Sepulveda, Chugey A ^b   Bull, Kristina B ^a   Graham, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Filament; Gill dimensions; Gill surface area; Lamellae; Swordfish; Tuna

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GILL; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; GILLS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCIFORMES; SWIMMING;

KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; MAKAIRA; SCOMBRIDAE; TELEOSTEI; XIPHIAS GLADIUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 71449124320     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10777     Document Type: Article

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