Air-breathing behavior and physiological responses to hypoxia and air exposure in the air-breathing loricariid fish, Pterygoplichthys anisitsi

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-256

  da Cruz, André Luis ^a,c   da Silva, Hugo Ribeiro ^a   Lundstedt, Lícia Maria ^a   Schwantes, Arno Rudi ^a   Moraes, Gilberto ^a   Klein, Wilfried ^b   Fernandes, Marisa Narciso ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air exposure; Air breathing fish; Hypoxia; Oxygen transport cascade; Respiratory physiology

Indexed keywords

LORICARIIDAE; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS;

EID: 84875225026     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-012-9695-0     Document Type: Article

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