Why does metabolism scale with temperature?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-251

  Clarke, A ^a   Fraser, K P P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

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METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1942486881     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00841.x     Document Type: Review

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