Maximal Aerobic and Anaerobic Power Generation in Large Crocodiles versus Mammals: Implications for Dinosaur Gigantothermy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Seymour, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CREATININE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCODILE; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; DINOSAUR; ENERGY YIELD; ESTUARY; GIGANTOTHERMY; GLYCOLYSIS; MAMMAL; MESOZOA; METABOLIC RATE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; THERMOREGULATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DINOSAURS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; LACTIC ACID; MAMMALS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS POROSUS; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84879829411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069361     Document Type: Article

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