OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN HYPOGEAN AND EPIGEAN CYPRINIDS (PISCES)
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- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento
- Vol. 22 (1) , 23-30
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1987.10736719
Abstract
The oxygen consumption in the hypogean cyprinids from Somalia Barbopsis devecchii Di Caporiacco, 1926 and Phreatichthys andruzzii Vinciguerra, 1924 has been examined and compared to the related epigean species Puntius lateristriga (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1842). Both in the test with a respirometer and under asphyxia, a lower oxygen consumption was found in the hypogean forms, the lowest consumption being shown by the species more adapted to the hypogean environment.Keywords
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