Construction of a low cost and highly sensitive direct heat calorimeter suitable for estimating metabolic rate in small animals

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 508-512

  Burger, Mark ^a   van Breukelen, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Calorimetry; Heat production; Oxygen consumption; Respirometry; Seebeck effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETER; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GAS EXCHANGE; HEAT CALORIMETER; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MONITORING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; RESPIROMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84884389409     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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