Is evolutionary physiology useful to mechanistic physiology? the diving response in pinnipeds as a test case

Zoology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 328-335

  Hochachka, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative physiology; ecological physiology; Diving physiology; Evolutionary physiology; Mechanistic physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038937969     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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