Flow-through respirometry applied to chamber systems: Pros and cons, hints and tips

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-275

  Lighton, J R B ^a   Halsey, L G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Indirect calorimetry; Metabolic phenotyping; Metabolism; Respirometry; Room calorimetry

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BASELINING; BODY MASS; CALORIMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FLOW THROUGH RESPIROMETRY; FLOWMETER; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRESSURE CHAMBER; RESPIROMETRY; TAXONOMY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79251595333     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.11.026     Document Type: Article

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