Cardiorespiratory responses to hypoxia in the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822), an air-breathing fish

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

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 905-916

  Belao T C ^a   Leite, C A C ^b,c   Florindo, L H ^b,c   Kalinin, A L ^a,c   Rantin, F T ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT FAPESP CNPq)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Critical oxygen tension; Gill ventilation; Heart rate; Hypoxia; Oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CATFISH; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HEART; HEART RATE; LUNG VENTILATION; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AIR; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CATFISHES; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; HEART; HEART RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIME FACTORS;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 80052930773     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0577-z     Document Type: Article

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