Development of the aerobic dive limit and muscular efficiency in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-436

  Shero, Michelle R ^a   Andrews, Russel D ^b,c   Lestyk, Keri C ^a   Burns, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Diving physiology; Enzyme; Muscle development; Myosin heavy chain; Northern fur seal; Oxygen stores

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; OXYGEN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; ENZYMOLOGY; HEMATOCRIT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DIVING; FUR SEALS; HEMATOCRIT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LINEAR MODELS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; OXYGEN; RUSSIA;

ANIMALIA; CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84858725907     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0619-6     Document Type: Article

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