Power at the expense of efficiency in contraction of white muscle fibres from dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 593-601

  Curtin, N A ^a,c   Woledge, R C ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dogfish; Efficiency; Energetics; Heat production; Muscle contraction; Power; Scyliorhinus canicula; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002325516     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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