Thermal effects on the blood respiratory properties of southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-246

  Clark, T D ^a   Seymour, R S ^a   Wells, R M G ^b   Frappell, P B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood oxygen affinity; Bohr effect; Haemoglobin; Oxygen equilibrium curves; Root effect; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; HEART; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; TUNA;

THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 44749085304     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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