The effects of seasonal hypertrophy and atrophy on fiber morphology, metabolic substrate concentration and sound characteristics of the weakfish sonic muscle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2449-2457

  Connaughton, M A ^a,c   Fine, M L ^b   Taylor, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Cynoscion regalis; Glycogen; Lipid; Muscle fiber; Protein; Sound production; Weakfish

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CYNOSCION REGALIS;

EID: 0031239151     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.200.18.2449     Document Type: Article

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