Allometric cascade: A model for resolving body mass effects on metabolism

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 675-691

  Hochachka, Peter W ^a   Darveau, Charles A ^a   Andrews, Russel D ^a   Suarez, Raul K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body mass; Body size; Control analysis; Metabolic regulation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CATECHOLAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; MEMBRANE LIPID; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CELL METABOLISM; ECOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCOLYSIS; HEART OUTPUT; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG VENTILATION; MAMMAL; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESSURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; UREA CYCLE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037603459     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00364-1     Document Type: Article

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