Gill morphology and acute hypoxia: Responses of mitochondria-rich, pavement, and mucous cells in the Amazonian oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) and the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), two species with very different approaches to the osmo-respiratory compromise

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-324

  Matey, Victoria ^a   Iftikar, Fathima I ^b   de Boeck, Gudrun ^c   Scott, Graham R ^d   Sloman, Katherine A ^e   Almeida Val, Vera M F ^f   Val, Adalberto L ^f   Wood, Chris M ^b,g  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; ELECTROLYTE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; HYPOXIA; ION; MITOCHONDRION; OSMOSIS; PERCIFORM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; SALMONID; SODIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

ASTRONOTUS OCELLATUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 79953873230     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-002     Document Type: Article

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