Browsing by Author "Brix, Kevin V."

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  • Fasting in the ureotelic Lake Magadi tilapia, Alcolapia grahami, does not reduce its high metabolic demand, increasing its vulnerability to siltation events 
    De Boeck, Gudrun; Wood, Chris M.; Brix, Kevin V.; Sinha, Amit K.; Matey, Victoria; Johannsson, Ora E.; Bianchini, Adalto; Maina, John N.; Kavembe, Geraldine D.; Papah, Michael B.; Kisipan, Mosiany L.; Ojoo, Rodi O. (Oxford University Press, 2019-10)
    Lake Magadi, Kenya, is one of the most extreme aquatic environments on Earth (pH~10, anoxic to hyperoxic, high temperatures). Recently, increased water demand and siltation have threatened the viable hot springs near the ...
  • Mammalian metabolic rates in the hottest fish on earth 
    Kavembe, Geraldine D.; Wood, Chris M.; Brix, Kevin V.; De Boeck, Gudrun; Bergman, Harold L.; Bianchini, Adalto; Bianchini, Lucas F.; Maina, John N.; Johannsson, Ora E.; Papah, Michael B.; Letura, Kisipan M.; Ojoo, Rodi O. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016-06-03)
    The Magadi tilapia, Alcolapia grahami, a small cichlid fish of Lake Magadi, Kenya lives in one of the most challenging aquatic environments on earth, characterized by very high alkalinity, unusual water chemistry, and ...
  • Metabolism and antioxidant defense in the larval chironomid Tanytarsus minutipalpus: Adjustments to diel variations in the extreme conditions of Lake Magadi 
    Kavembe, Geraldine D.; Bianchini, Lucas F.; Wood, Chris M.; Bergman, Harold L.; Johannsson, Ora E.; Laurent, Pierre; Chevalier, Claudine; Kisipan, Mosiany L.; Papah, Michael B.; Brix, Kevin V.; Boeck, Gudrun De; Maina, John N.; Ojoo, Rodi O.; Bianchini, Adalto (The Company of Biologists Ltd, 2016)
    Insect larvae are reported to be a major component of the simple but highly productive trophic web found in Lake Magadi (Kenya, Africa), which is considered to be one of the most extreme aquatic environments on Earth. ...

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