Coronary vascular smooth muscle responses to swimming challenges in juvenile salmonid fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 368-371

  Gong, Bang Q ^a   Farrell, Anthony P ^a   Kiessling, Anders ^b   Higgs, David ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0000927192     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-182     Document Type: Article

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