Hypoxia tolerance is conserved across genetically distinct sub-populations of an iconic, tropical Australian teleost (Lates calcarifer)

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Collins, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Clark, Timothy D ^b   Rummer, Jodie L ^a   Carton, Alexander G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barramundi; Climate change; Critical oxygen saturation hypoxia; Lates calcarifer; Tropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983535432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cot029     Document Type: Article

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