Development of myoglobin concentration and acid buffering capacity in harp (pagophilus groenlandicus) and hooded (cystophora cristata) seals from birth to maturity

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 985-996

  Lestyk, Keri C ^a   Folkow, L P ^b   Blix, A S ^b   Hammill, M O ^c   Burns, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid buffering; Harp seal; Hooded seal; Muscle development; Myoglobin

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; FEMALE; GREENLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TITRIMETRY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; DIVING; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEALS, EARLESS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TITRIMETRY;

CYSTOPHORA (MAMMALIA); CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 70350349348     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0378-9     Document Type: Article

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