Blood rheology of Antarctic fishes: Viscosity adaptations at very low temperatures

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 513-521

  Egginton, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish; Blood viscosity; Channichthyidae; Notothenioidei

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004962992     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01444.x     Document Type: Article

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