Transport of Pirarucu Arapaima gigas juveniles in plastic bag Transporte de juvenis de pirarucu Arapaima gigas em sacos plásticos

This study examined the stress response of pirarucu juveniles in a closed system transport. Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) is a native Amazonian fish species from the Osteoglossidae family and an obligated air breather. A short duration transport trial (6h) was undertaken comparing closed polyethylene ba...

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Main Authors: Levy de Carvalho Gomes, Rodrigo Roubach, Bruno Adan Sagratzki Cavero, Manoel Pereira-Filho, Elisabeth Criscuolo Urbinati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2003-12-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672003000400010