Mechanisms And Evolution Of Hypoxia Tolerance In Fish

Ever wondered why animals live where they do? The answer to this question is simply that animals live where they do, in part, because they can. The marine intertidal environment is possibly one of the nastiest places on earth with huge fluctuations in oxygen, yet a group of small benthic fishes thrive here unlike their close relatives in the sea.

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Filed under: Biology on November 7th, 2008