The energy cost of embryonic development in fishes and amphibians, with emphasis on new data from the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Mueller, Casey A ^a   Joss, Jean M P ^b   Seymour, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Embryonic development; Fishes; Neoceratodus forsteri; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CERATODONTIDAE; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI; PISCES;

EID: 78650797939     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0501-y     Document Type: Article

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