... demonstrate a high metabolic sensitivity to an acute temperature increase, as well as the metabolic responses to stress. Gastrointestinal Teleost Oxygen consumption Metabolism Energy expenditure The gut is a multifunctional organ system responsible for a range of crucial, intricately linked...

... myogenic in origin. The present study highlights both similarities and differences in motility patterns between shorthorn sculpin and other vertebrates, as well as providing a platform to examine other aspects of gastrointestinal functions in fish, including the impact of environmental changes...

...Stephen M. Secor SUMMARY As an apparent adaptation to predictably long episodes of fasting, the sit-and-wait foraging Burmese python experiences unprecedented regulation of gastrointestinal and cardiovascular performance with feeding and fasting. The ingestion of a meal signals the quiescent gut...

... in crocodilians could relate to both gastrointestinal and cardiorespiratory physiology. 28 10 1992 © 1993 by Company of Biologists 1993 crocodilians alligator blood shunt cardiac output blood pressures blood flows acetylcholine gastrointestinal cardiorespiratory Alligator...