A product of its environment: The epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) exhibits physiological tolerance to elevated environmental CO2

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Heinrich, Dennis D U ^a   Rummer, Jodie L ^a   Morash, Andrea J ^b   Watson, Sue Ann ^a   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a   Heupel, Michelle R ^a,c   Munday, Philip L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecophysiology; Elasmobranch; Hypoxia tolerance; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983516568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cou047     Document Type: Article

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