Embryo oxygenation in pipefish brood pouches: Novel insights

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1639-1646

  Goncalves, Ines Braga ^a,b   Ahnesjo, Ingrid ^c   Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Fish; Hypoxia; Male size; Normoxia; Paternal care; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84940066954     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.120907     Document Type: Article

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