...David J. McKenzie; Thiago C. Belão; Shaun S. Killen; F. Tadeu Rantin ABSTRACT The African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus has bimodal respiration, it has a suprabranchial air-breathing organ alongside substantial gills. We used automated bimodal respirometry to reveal that undisturbed...

...Matthew A. Gordos; Craig E. Franklin; Colin J. Limpus SUMMARY This study examines the effect of increasing water depth and water velocity upon the surfacing behaviour of the bimodally respiring turtle, Rheodytes leukops . Surfacing frequency was recorded for R. leukops at varying water depths (50...

...S. L. Prassack; B. Bagatto; R. P. Henry SUMMARY Softshell turtles overwinter in the same bodies of water as some emydids, but their reduced shell and increased non-pulmonary gas exchange may contribute to a different mechanism of overwintering. The dynamics of bimodal respiration, diving behaviour...

... are small. 27 07 1982 29 11 1982 © 1983 by Company of Biologists 1983 Bimodal respiration hypoxia tadpoles The respiratory patterns of amphibious vertebrates have attracted considerable attention in recent years ( Johansen, 1970 ; Hughes, 1976 ; Randall, Burggren...