Muscle activity in steady swimming scup, Stenotomus chrysops, varies with fiber type and body position

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-152

  Coughlin, David J ^a   Rome, Lawrence C ^b,c  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOPS; PISCES; STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS;

EID: 0033119862     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542560     Document Type: Article

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