Automated open flow respirometry in continuous and long-term measurements: Design and principles

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1094-1107

  Tøien, Øivind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas drying; Indirect calorimetry; Metabolic rate; Oxygen consumption; Software algorithm

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATHING; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIBERNATION; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TIME;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIBERNATION; HUMIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878525020     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01494.2012     Document Type: Article

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