Universal constant for heat production in protists

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6696-6699

  Johnson, Matthew D ^a   Völker, Jens ^a   Moeller, Holly V ^a   Laws, Edward ^b   Breslauer, Kenneth J ^a   Falkowski, Paul G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Calorimetry

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SEA WATER;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VOLUME; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EUKARYOTE; ISOTHERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOGENESIS; CALORIMETRY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHOTOTROPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

CALORIMETRY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; SEAWATER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 66149128482     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902005106     Document Type: Article

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