Energetics of burrowing by the cirratulid polychaete Cirriformia moorei

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2202-2214

  Dorgan, Kelly M ^a,c   Lefebvre, Stephane ^b   Stillman, Jonathon H ^a,b   Koehl, M A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic metabolism; Anaerobic metabolism; Burrowing; Cost of transport; Energetics of locomotion; Polychaete locomotion; Tauropine

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; TAUROPINE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT;

AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEMOGLOBINS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYCHAETA; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

CIRRATULIDAE; CIRRIFORMIA; CREEDIIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79958837727     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.054700     Document Type: Article

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