Effects of body mass on physiological and anatomical parameters of mature salmon:Evidence against a universal heart rate scaling exponent

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 887-893

  Clark, Timothy Darren ^a   Farrell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometric; Allometry; Biologging; Biotelemetry; Cardiorespiratory; Cardiovascular; Chinook salmon; Data logging; Pacific salmonids; Teleost fishes

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; HEART; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMON;

ACCELERATION; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; HEART; HEART RATE; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SALMON;

AVES; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79951976836     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.051607     Document Type: Article

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