Respiratory responses of the mysid Gastrosaccus brevifissura (Peracarida: Mysidacea), in relation to body size, temperature and salinity

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-266

  Marshall, David J ^a   Perissinotto, Renzo ^a   Holley, Jean Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerobic metabolism; Crustacea; Estuarine; Invertebrate; Marine; Metabolic rate; Oxygen consumption; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SALINITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUMMER; WINTER;

CRUSTACEA; GASTROSACCUS; GASTROSACCUS BREVIFISSURA; INVERTEBRATA; MYSIDA; MYSIDACEA; PERACARIDA;

EID: 0037307132     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00258-1     Document Type: Article

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