White muscle strain in the common carp and red to white muscle gearing ratios in fish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-528

  Wakeling, James M ^a   Johnston, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common carp; Cyprinus carpio; Fast start; Gearing ratio; Muscle strain; Sonomicrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033008476     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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