In situ and laboratory assessment of heart rate in a Mediterranean limpet using a noninvasive technique

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 198-204

  Santini, Giacomo ^a   De Pirro, Maurizio ^a   Chelazzi, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; MOLLUSCA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033364264     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316656     Document Type: Article

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