Muscle fine structure reflects ecotype in two nototheniids

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1371-1386

  Sanger A M ^a   Davison, W ^b   Egginton, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary supply; Electron microscopy; Fibre size; Mitochondrial density; Myocardium; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE;

NOTOTHENIIDAE; PAGOTHENIA BORCHGREVINKI; PISCES; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

EID: 19044392523     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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