Following the heart: Temperature and salinity effects on heart rate in native and invasive species of blue mussels (genus Mytilus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2554-2566

  Braby, Caren E ^a,b   Somero, George N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Biogeography; Invasive species; Mytilus edulis; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Mytilus trossulus; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; MYTILUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; HEART RATE; MYTILUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 33747064090     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02259     Document Type: Article

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