Development of Facultative Air Breathing in Bristlenose Plecos (Ancistrus cirrhosus)
Description:
Data collected on air breathing development in the bristlenose pleco. Bristlenose plecos breath air with a highly vascularized stomach when exposed to aquatic hypoxic conditions. This study looked at the development of this behavior and when the fish fist began to breathe air.
Date:
January 2024
Creator:
Crowder, Lauren W. & Dzialowski, Edward M. (Edward Michael)
Partner:
UNT College of Science