Hypoxia and energetics of mouth brooding: Is parental care a costly affair?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-406

  Reardon, E E ^a   Chapman, L J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Lake Victoria basin; Metabolic rate; Oxygen; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FISH; FRY (FISH); HYPOXIA; METABOLIC RATE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUTH BROODING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROGENY; PSEUDOCRENILABRUS MULTICOLOR;

CICHLIDAE; HAPLOCHROMIS; PSEUDOCRENILABRUS MULTICOLOR;

EID: 77953015370     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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