Heart rate and stroke volume contributions to cardiac output in swimming yellowfin tuna: Response to exercise and temperature

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1975-1986

  Korsmeyer, Keith E ^a,c   Lai, N Chin ^a,b   Shadwick, Robert E ^a   Graham, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Exercise; Heart rate; Stroke volume; Swimming; Temperature; Thunnus albacares; Tuna

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HEART; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TUNA;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEART; HEART RATE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; STROKE VOLUME; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TUNA;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 0031194434     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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