What determines the size of teleost erythrocytes? Correlations with oxygen transport and nuclear volume

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-35

  Lay, P A ^a   Baldwin, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic scope; Blood; Erythrocyte volume; Fish; Haemoglobin; Metabolism; Nuclear volume; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0001884355     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007785202280     Document Type: Article

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