Marine fish may be biochemically constrained from inhabiting the deepest ocean depths

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4461-4465

  Yancey, Paul H ^a   Gerringer, Mackenzie E ^a,b   Drazen, Jeffrey C ^b   Rowden, Ashley A ^c   Jamieson, Alan ^d  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical chaperone; Deep sea; Osmoregulation; Piezolyte

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEEP SEA; FISH; FLATFISH; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NOTOLIPARIS KERMADECENSIS; OSMOLALITY; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST;

CHEMICAL CHAPERONE; DEEP-SEA; OSMOREGULATION; PIEZOLYTE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING;

EID: 84896923985     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322003111     Document Type: Article

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