Persisting in papyrus: Size, oxidative stress, and fitness in freshwater organisms adapted to sustained hypoxia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 405-416

  Joyner Matos, Joanna ^a   Chapman, Lauren J ^b  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Fish; Fitness; Stress protein; Swamp

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY SIZE; CLAM; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; FISH; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HABITAT; HYPOXIA; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; STRESS; SWAMP; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BIOLOGY; GILL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; WETLAND;

BIVALVIA; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; SPHAERIUM SP.;

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GENETIC FITNESS; GILLS; HYDROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; WETLANDS;

EID: 84886288013     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.03.032     Document Type: Review

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