The contribution of air breathing to aerobic scope and exercise performance in the banded knifefish Gymnotus carapo L.

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1323-1330

  McKenzie, David J ^a,b   Steffensen, John F ^c   Taylor, Edwin W ^a,d   Abe, Augusto S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical swimming speed; Hypoxia; Metabolic rate; Oxygen uptake; Respirometry

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AIR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; GYMNOTIFORMES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

AEROBIOSIS; AIR; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; GYMNOTIFORMES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RESPIRATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 84860124439     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.064543     Document Type: Article

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