Ecology of the hagfish, Myxine glutinosa L. in the Gulf of Maine. I. Metabolic rates and energetics

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 215-225

  Lesser, Michael P ^a,b   Martini, Frederic H ^a,c   Heiser, John B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Section of Ecology and Systematics Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Fisheries; Hagfish; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYCLOSTOME; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOOD INDUSTRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

MYXINE GLUTINOSA;

BIOENERGETICS; HAGFISH; HYPOXIC ENVIRONMENT; HYPOXIC ENVIRONMENTS; RESPIRATION;

GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 0030621021     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02665-2     Document Type: Article

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