Tuna aerobic swimming performance: Physiological and environmental limits based on oxygen supply and demand

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-56

  Korsmeyer, K E ^a   Dewar, H ^a,b   Lai, N C ^a   Graham, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular physiology; hypoxia; oxygen delivery; red muscle metabolism; Scombridae; sustained swimming; temperature; tuna

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HEART FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029871202     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02044-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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