Metabolic responses to experimental diving in adult and fetal weddell seals

Metabolic potentials and activities of the heart, lung and brain were examined in the Antarctic Weddell seal, a species displaying outstanding diving abilities. The activities of representative enzymes in oxidative and fermentative metabolism in both the adult and near-term fetus are similar to thos...

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Main Author: Murphy, Brian Joseph
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/22347