Critical oxygen levels and metabolic suppression in oceanic oxygen minimum zones

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-336

  Seibel, Brad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dosidicus gigas; Euphausiid; Hypoxia; Metabolic suppression; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; DECAPODIFORMES; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMALIA; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 78651314988     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.049171     Document Type: Article

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