Ecophysiological behavior of Caquetaia kraussii (Steindachner, 1878) (Pisces: Cichlidae) exposed to different temperatures and salinities

Tropical river sardine, Caquetaia kraussii, captured from La Aguá lagoon (Sucre State, Venezuela) were acclimatized for four weeks at 22, 24, 30 and 32ºC and at 0, 5, 10, 15 and 17 ‰ salinity. To evaluate effects of thermal response to acclimatization level, the fish were transferred suddenly from l...

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Main Authors: M.I. Segnini de Bravo, K.S. Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2001-03-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442001000100014