Measuring energy metabolism with open-flow respirometric systems: Which design to choose?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 675-677

  Koteja, P ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Methods; Oxygen; Respirometry; RQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030512501     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390179     Document Type: Article

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