Condition, prolonged swimming performance and muscle metabolic capacities of cod Gadus morhua

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 503-511

  Martinez M ^a   Guderley, H ^a   Dutil, J D ^b   Winger, P D ^c   He, P ^c   Walsh, S J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic metabolism; Anaerobic metabolism; Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Longitudinal variation; Prolonged swimming; Red muscle; White muscle

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLYCOGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; GLYCOGEN; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; NUCLEOSIDE-DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASES; PYRUVATE KINASE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0242684652     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00098     Document Type: Article

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