Specialized metabolism and biochemical suppression during aestivation of the extant South American lungfish ¾Lepidosiren paradoxa
Lepidosiren paradoxa (pirambóia) is the single representative of Dipnoan (lungfish) in South America. This species is considered a living fossil, in spite of some reports describing this fish as having a very specialized life style. It aestivates during the dry season, and has developed metabolic ad...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2002-01-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842002000300014 |