The roles of pink and red muscle in powering steady swimming in scup, stenotomus chrysops

American Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 666-677

  Coughlin, David J ^a,b   Rome, Lawrence C ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33746001485     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.6.666     Document Type: Article

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