Latitudinal variation in the abundance and oxidative capacities of muscle mitochondria in perciform fishes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Johnston, Ian A ^a   Calvo, Jorge ^b   Guderley, Helga ^a,b   Fernandez, Daniel ^b   Palmer, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish; Metabolism; Mitochondria; Notothenioidei; Skeletal muscle; Sub Antarctic fish; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031933872     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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