Red muscle function in stiff-bodied swimmers: There and almost back again

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1570, 2011, Pages 1507-1515

  Syme, Douglas A ^a   Shadwick, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endothermy; Lamnid shark; Muscle power; Thresher shark; Thunniform locomotion; Tuna

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENDOTHERMY; MUSCLE; PERCIFORM; SHARK; SWIMMING;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNIDAE; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 79955423904     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0322     Document Type: Article

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