Thermal independence of muscle tissue metabolism in the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-403

  Penick, David N ^a,d   Spotila, James R ^a   O'Connor, Michael P ^a   Steyermark, Anthony C ^a   George, Robert H ^b   Salice, Christopher J ^a   Paladino, Frank V ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Dermochelys coriacea; Endangered species; Muscle; Sea turtle; Temperature; Thermal compensation; Tissue metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METABOLIC RATE; MIGRATION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; MYDAS; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031683913     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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