Heart rate responses to temperature in free-swimming pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3208-3214

  Clark, T D ^a,b   Farwell, C J ^a   Rodriguez, L E ^b   Brandt, W T ^b   Block, B A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Cardiorespiratory; Cardiovascular; Oxygen consumption rate; Swimming speed; Tail beat frequency; Thermal biology; Visceral temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARDIORESPIRATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; SWIMMING SPEED; TAIL BEAT-FREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL BIOLOGY; TUNA; VISCERAL TEMPERATURE;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; CARDIORESPIRATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE; SWIMMING SPEED; TAIL BEAT-FREQUENCY; THERMAL BIOLOGY; VISCERAL TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; HEART RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TUNA;

EID: 84881492241     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.086546     Document Type: Article

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