Energetics of the smallest: Do bacteria breathe at the same rate as whales?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1577, 2005, Pages 2219-2224

  Makarieva, Anastassia M ^a,b   Gorshkov, Victor G ^a   Li, Bai Lian ^b  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous; Eukaryotes; Metabolic rate; Prokaryotes; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; HIBERNATION; INSECT; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; WHALE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 26944475496     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3225     Document Type: Article

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