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dc.contributor.authorSam Van, Wassenbergh-
dc.contributor.authorIris, Joris-
dc.contributor.authorMathieu, Desclée-
dc.contributor.authorHon Jung, Liew-
dc.contributor.authorGudrun, De Boeck-
dc.contributor.authorDominique, Adriaens-
dc.contributor.authorPeter, Aerts-
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-09T08:01:04Z-
dc.date.available2017-04-09T08:01:04Z-
dc.date.issued2016-03-02-
dc.identifier.citationVol.219(10);1535-1541p.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5441-
dc.description.abstractMany species from several different families of fishes perform mouthbrooding, where one of the sexes protects and ventilates the eggs inside the mouth cavity. This ventilation behaviour differs from gill ventilation outside the brooding period, as the normal, smallamplitude suction-pump respiration cycles are alternated with actions including near-simultaneous closed-mouth protrusions and highamplitude depressions of the hyoid. The latter is called churning, referring to its hypothetical function in moving around and repositioning the eggs by a presumed hydrodynamic effect of the marked shifts in volume along the mouth cavity. We tested the hypothesis that churning causes the eggs located posteriorly in the mouth cavity to move anteriorly away from the gill entrance. This would prevent or clear accumulations of brood at the branchial basket, which would otherwise hinder breathing by the parent.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Experimental Biologyen_US
dc.titleKinematics Of Mouthbrooding In Oreochromis Niloticus (Cichlidae)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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