Metabolism, energetic demand, and endothermy

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 203-224

  Carlson, John K ^a   Goldman, Kenneth J ^b   Lowe, Christopher G ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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