Breaking wind to survive: Fishes that breathe air with their gut

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 554-576

  Nelson, J A ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABO; Facultative, continuous air breathing; GAB; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ABO; AIR; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATHING; EVOLUTION; FACULTATIVE, CONTINUOUS AIR BREATHING; FISH; GAB; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GILL; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ABO; FACULTATIVE, CONTINUOUS AIR BREATHING; GAB; HYPOXIA;

AIR; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GILLS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84895114525     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12323     Document Type: Article

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