@incollection{fdi:26393, title = {{P}hysiologie de la respiration = {P}hysiology of respiration}, author = {{M}oreau, {Y}ann}, editor = {}, language = {{FRE}}, abstract = {{R}espiration of african freshwater fishes has not been largely studied. {M}ain works deal with species of interest to aquaculture (mainly {C}ichlids) or species with some physiological peculiarities such as euryhalinity, from alkaline biotopes or which are air-breathing ({C}ichlids, catfishes, lungfishes, etc.). {T}wo groups of factors may affect fish respiration. {T}he first including temperature, salinity and body mass, changes oxygen consumption rates by varying the energy requirements of the fish. {T}he second, mainly oxygen tension, limits the ability of fish to ensure the maintenance of basic oxygen requirements. {A} generalisation of the expression which models the relationships betwen oxygen consumption and body mass, has been proposed by {W}inberg (1960)}, keywords = {{POISSON} {D}'{EAU} {DOUCE} ; {PHYSIOLOGIE} {ANIMALE} ; {METABOLISME} ; {RESPIRATION} ; {TRANSFERT} {D}'{ENERGIE} ; {AFRIQUE}}, booktitle = {{B}iologie et {\'e}cologie des poissons d'eau douce africains = {B}iology and ecology of african freshwater fishes}, numero = {216}, pages = {113--135}, address = {{P}aris}, publisher = {{ORSTOM}}, series = {{T}ravaux et {D}ocuments de l'{ORSTOM}}, year = {1988}, ISBN = {2-7099-0929-4}, ISSN = {0371-6023}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:26393}, }