Impact of Ontogenetic Changes in Branchial Morphology on Gill Function in Arapaima gigas

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-332

  Gonzalez, R J ^a,b   Brauner, C J ^b,c   Wang, Y X ^b,d   Richards, J G ^b,c   Patrick, M L ^a,b   Xi, W ^b,d   Matey, V ^e   Val, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM;

AIR-BREATHING ORGANISM; AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ACQUISITION; DIET; DIFFUSION; EXCRETION; FINFISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HATCHING; ION EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; ONTOGENY; OXYGEN; PH; SIZE STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; FISH; GILL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FISHES; GILLS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT; SODIUM; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

ARAPAIMA GIGAS; OSTEOGLOSSIDAE;

EID: 77749291749     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648568     Document Type: Article

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