The importance of cutaneous gas exchange during aerial and aquatic respiration in galaxiids

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 759-773

  Urbina, M A ^a   Meredith, A S ^b   Glover, C N ^a   Forster, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Environment Canterbury   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Emersion; Hypoxia; Metabolic rate; Partitioned respirometry; Skin

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; EMERSION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GILL; HYPOXIA; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; OSMERIFORMES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTITIONED RESPIROMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AIR BREATHING; EMERSION; HYPOXIA; METABOLIC RATE; PARTITIONED RESPIROMETRY; SKIN;

AIR; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GILLS; OSMERIFORMES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895185622     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12303     Document Type: Article

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