Metabolic level and size scaling of rates of respiration and growth in unicellular organisms

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 963-968

  Glazier, Douglas S ^a  

^a JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Cell size; Growth rate; Metabolic rate; Unicells

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL; GROWTH RATE; PLANT; PROKARYOTE; PROTOZOAN; RESPIRATION; STARVATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70349331493     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01583.x     Document Type: Article

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