The cost of muscle power production: Muscle oxygen consumption per unit work increases at low temperatures in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1940-1945

  Seebacher, Frank ^a   Tallis, Jason A ^b   James, Rob S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Metabolic cost; Muscle performance; Temperature; Thermal acclimation

Indexed keywords

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; COLD; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84907463152     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.101147     Document Type: Article

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