Metabolic enzyme activities in swimming muscle of medusae: Is the scaling of glycolytic activity related to oxygen availability?

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 603-611

  Thuesen, Erik V ^a   McCullough, Kelly D ^a,b   Childress, James J ^c  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUSCLE;

AEGINA CITREA; ANIMALIA; AURELIA LABIATA; HYDROIDA; PARAPHYLLINA RANSONI; PERIPHYLLA PERIPHYLLA; PERIPHYLLOPSIS GALATHEAE; SCYPHOMEDUSAE;

EID: 21244475792     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011537     Document Type: Article

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